On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 01:37:57PM -0400, t u wrote: > > Please name the services > > and why they shouldn't be listing to the outside world? > > thanks for another fast response. unfortunately, it didn't come to me to > note the services, and I uninstalled all the services that I thought > might be related to the open ports. the ones I remember are > > cupsys or lpd > samba > winbind > nfs > portmap > > reason I suggested them to be closed is because I would imagine it is > easier to connect and exploit open ports of a freshly installed system.
You did the right thing with uninstalling the services you don't need. Have you any idea why they where installed? Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]