-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 October 15, 2003 12:02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The rwho service is running on my system by default, and it seems that this > is responsible for giving information about my system in the event that > someone finger's this IP. Only thing is that since I'm using a hardware > firewall, I don't think this will work. Am I correct in believing that I > might as well turn that service off or does it have some other function? > > Thanks, > Max
That would depend on the hardware firewall now wouldn't it? Any service you don't recognize or need (if you need them you are generally expected to know it <-;) should be turned off. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 12:07:19 up 25 days, 1:29, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.06 The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe. -- Bill Murray -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/jY07G11CaRuZZSIRAtG2AJ9osC7fdLSkjnEle9xI3xPHkYVfQQCfWu8/ xuHcR+ZImONO5Ir/crDqU2A= =xGKO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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