RE: rlinetd security
That makes a lot of assumptions about my (or anyone else) understanding of
the system. For example, I have no clue what discard is used for. So, how
do I know if I have a package installed that will not work properly if I
disable that port. Yes, I should go and research the issue but I only have
some much time in the day.
Therefor, many of us are forced to make the same assumptions (valid or not)
such as Sebastiaan's.
Pat Moffitt
MIS Administrator
Western Recreational Vehicles, Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Benson [mailto:erbenson@alaska.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:57 AM
> To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: rlinetd security
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:53:06AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Yes, that is a good question. I do not know where most of them are used
> > for, but because they are always installed, I assumed that these are
> > needed for correct system operation. But even if I would disable these
> > ports, I still want to use ftp, smtp and telnet only for my
> local network.
>
> if you don't know why your running them you don't need them. simple
> as that.
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