Portmap removal, was Re: [RFC] Network Security Policy
Quoting Simon Huggins (huggie@earth.li):
> There used to be an annoying dependency that stopped portmap being
> removed at all. I think this has gone now (*removes portmap*) yep, but
> the policy of Debian IMHO wrt open ports/daemons enabled when installed
> etc. leaves something to be desired.
>
> Comments?
Yes. What did you do just before you wrote "yep"?
I have hidden portmap by renaming /etc/init.d/portmap-hidden,
but netbase (which contains /sbin/portmap) also contains
arp, inetd, ping, netstat, ifconfig, etc., etc.
Cheers,
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