> > and everyone else, I am using RH 5.0 and I had disabled IP Forwarding on
> > the machine in the kernel but for each time I do a reboot I see the
> > message "Disabling IP Forwarding", which means it was enabled.
>
> No, it means that the init scripts are disabling it, regardless of
> whether or not it was enabled by default.
So you are saying that it is possible that it was disabled?
The machine we are talking about is one that I've made into a
firewall/proxy
hence by disabling "IP Forwarding" I shouldn't be able to ping the network
card to the LAN from the Internet, but I can. That's why I'm drawing the
conclusion that it is still enabled.
>
> > Also some lines in /etc/inetd.conf that I had commented out for eg the
> > "netstat" "tftp" etc, so that I wouldn't be able to use those commands;
> > well I still am able to netstat for eg.
>
> The `netstat' entry in inetd.conf allows people to execute netstat
> remotely, e.g. with `telnet your.host netstat'. The netstat command
> will always work locally.
Thanks for that info
SHerine
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