Re: dictd local server secure?
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:43:57 -0700
BartlebyScrivener <bscrivener42@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been on Etch for about a year. Still learning ins and outs. I
> installed the dictd server for local use only (I hope). I'm behind NAT
> router etc, but when I do nmap on local network, it says:
>
> Not shown: 1677 closed ports
> PORT STATE SERVICE
> 111/tcp open rpcbind
> 113/tcp open auth
> 2628/tcp open dict
>
> I installed the dict server only for my local machine, so wondering
> why it shows open? If anybody has experience in this please advise or
> point to more reading.
The access specification in /etc/dictd/dictd.conf just causes dictd to
return a "530 access denied" message to unauthorized hosts, as can be
seen with "telnet xxxxxxxxx 2628"; it doesn't cause the connection to be
refused on the TCP level.
> Thank you,
>
> rd
Celejar
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