Re: Query on IP connections & security

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

Brian wrote:

On Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 19:15:45 +0100, AG wrote:

  

Also, although I was under the impression that the portmap service was  
not enabled at boot up, it would appear that it is running in the  
background.  I recall that portmap used to be a security risk, but is  
this still the case and should I be concerned?
    

If you remain concerned:

dpkg-reconfigure portmap


  

Brian

Thanks for the advice.  I have linked it back to 127.0.0.1 as default.

This would suggest however that should I wish to run NFS then I would need to re-enable portmap, so I'll bear that in mind for future reference.

Much obliged.

AG