Re: Are these scan logs dangerous ?
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:41:40AM +0200, Davide Prina wrote:
>>> [11:19:59] Checking for enabled inetd services [ Warning ]
>>> [11:19:59] Warning: Found enabled inetd service: ident
>
> if you PC have an internet connection than it is normal to have
> inetd/ident service active
You can turn off identd. The port for ident should be closed at least
to the outside anyway, so it doesn't matter if you have an internet
connection or not. Otherwise, it doesn't seem to serve any
purpose. Exim might try to make ident calls, but that can be turned
off.
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