-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Srdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed 13 Feb 02 19:14, Howland, Curtis wrote: > > Would simply commenting out all the lines in inetd.conf be sufficient? > > > > I realize that this is not the same as uninstalling, but it's not clear > > what the goal is. If the machine is isolated, it doesn't matter. If it's > > not isolated, iptables/ipchains firewall functions are a better idea > > anyway. > > My system is my desktop and my server. The machine is connected to > the internet and I use my own IPTables script to protect my network. > > I've used the update-rc.d script to remove the inetd init scripts > from all runlevels. But, I still want to un-install it completely. > I've heard that the inet daemon can be used in many different types > of attacks and I don't want to experience any first hand. If you've removed all links from /etc/rc?.d and made sure it is not running anymore, what is it that is bothering you? For good measure you can stick in an `exit 0` at the beginning of /etc/init.d/inetd. After you've also commented out everything in /etc/inetd.conf. The only thing that I can think of that might be bothering anyone is packages adding uncommented entries in /etc/inetd.conf and somebody starting inetd manually (which requires access to the machine) after that. - -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, CID GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 LPIC-2 -- I hack, therefore I am -- BOFH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.6 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQE8a1jzFsfyfWvjfZARAiKHAKCgsHeHLCJiPkJYOL1G8wSXGCX7vACfUQ72 q6pVMCEW4dgm6OTKoHeryDs= =wzAx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----