Thank you, Sam. Your instructions were clear and simple to follow. I was refering to a Windows system. I gave it a try and already idenitified open ports (which I also learned from using WS PingPro). I will now attempt to close/end some services. Thanks again.
Charlie ""sam sneed"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Which operating systems? > > On windows the most common way to to disable services from the control > panel. Do a netstat -an to see which ports are open. Then you can shutdown > services that have those ports open. > > On UNIX/LINUX you can do the same netstat -an. Most of the services can be > disabled in inetd.conf or xinted.conf. Just comment them out and restart > inetd daemon. Also services are started from startup scripts which are in > different locations on different versions of UNIX and Linux. > > ""Charlie"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hello, all :-) > > > > I was hoping one (or many) of you could help me with a question I have: > how > > do I lock-down ports on a server? I know how to lock them down on > firewalls > > and routers, but how to do it on a server is my question. I know it's a > > general question but any assistance would be most appreciated. > > > > Truly, > > Charlie Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40855&t=40852 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
