Re: Safety while network install.
Curt wrote:
>Would you be so kind as to explain to me what ports/services are
>open and listening on a default install of Debian Squeeze (if any) and
>if there are any security implications for the novice user or
>"hardening" to be performed on a default install (in relation to
>listening daemons)?
>
>I got rid of avahi and another daemon that opened listening ports
>because I didn't know what those services were exactly, what purpose
>they served, or whether they presented any kind of danger to my
>security. (I think the other service was portmap, now that I come to
>think of it).
My opinion is this: to disable any queries to Your host by iptables
and/or xinit from outside world and then purge the packages You do not
need.
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