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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ecbe6b6.d278cc0a.7c85.fffff...@mx.google.com
