Manegold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gary Hennigan wrote: > > In the past there have been a few security incidents with things > > associated with portmap. I definately don't run it on my 24/7 system > > that's connected to the internet. If you do use it make sure you use > > tcp wrappers to secure it. > > Hi! > How is that done? (or where can I find info regarding this)
Look in /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. Those are the files for control of tcpwrapped programs, like portmap. The man page to read would be "hosts_access" and you can also read about securing portmapper via this mechanism in /usr/doc/netbase/portmapper.txt.gz Gary