Thank you suresh.. One more thing.. Is ftp daemon using the port 113. Also what for that port is used by sendamil. Also will this port 113 affect the functionality of any other programme..
regds --- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > +++ Bijoy Paul [linux-india] <23/10/01 22:36 -0700>: > > I hv a server on RH 7.1 which serves http, ftp and > > sendmail service for intranet as well as internet > > users. Currently I hv configured may firewall to > drop > > any SYN packets coming on any other port. But I hv > > seen so much requests coming on port 113 (AUTH > PORT) > > and getting dropped. I hv heared Sendmail requires > > port 113 sometimes. SO is it necessroy to open > port > > 113 for proper functionality. Is there any > security > > risc in opening that port... > > Port 113 = identd. No particular hassle leaving > that port open. > > In any case, all you need to do is to config > sendmail to set identd timeout > to zero seconds ... set confTO_IDENT in sendmail.mc > and rebuild the cf file. > > define(`confTO_IDENT',0) > > Or simply forget it and open up the identd port, no > hassle. > > -srs > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Finger mallet<@>efn.org for key > > iD8DBQE71lcURB4r9e3t77kRAhpDAJwP56PDi+7uDtZTET72/B1mmnCQUACfVA+C > oQd73WdbwrGZAQl71rQXp60= > =4ymr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
