Bug#404953: cupsys: cupsd listens on udp port by default: add a warning
Package: cupsys
Version: 1.2.7-1
Severity: minor
The cupsd server listens on *:631 (udp). I did some research, and this
seems to be related to the 'Browsing' keyword. It also seems to be
useful in some cases, like protected intranets, so I'm not necessarily
requesting for it to be turned off.
I would like to have a warning message about it, though; some daemons
have an informational message during installation that tells the user
about listening ports. This particular computer I'm doing a test
installation of the upcoming Etch release on, is directly connected to
the internet, and I'd rather know about this open port and turn it off.
In the same time, this warning message could also tell how to stop cupsd
from listening on that udp port by setting 'Browsing' to 'Off'.
Please consider adding such a warning, so people are better informed
about the risks and benefits, and what to do to change cupsd behaviour.
Thanks,
Wouter
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages cupsys depends on:
ii adduser 3.100 Add and remove users and groups
ii cupsys-common 1.2.7-1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii gs-esp 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcupsimage2 1.2.7-1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libcupsys2 1.2.7-1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgnutls13 1.4.4-3 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libldap2 2.1.30-13+b1 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpaper1 1.1.21 Library for handling paper charact
ii libslp1 1.2.1-6 OpenSLP libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-22 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-7 Core Perl modules
ii procps 1:3.2.7-3 /proc file system utilities
ii xpdf-utils [poppler-util 3.01-9 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages cupsys recommends:
ii cupsys-client 1.2.7-1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20061031-1 linuxprinting.org printer support
pn smbclient <none> (no description available)
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