If you have a NEW installation of LM 7.1 and the security is set to low, you
will have a fairly open system. You need to install a method to close these
ports from ipchains. I would recommend using a very easy utility called
pmfirewall. It saved me lots of time and did about 90 percent of the work
for me in the firewall I just set up for a HUGE customer. I think that the
url is www.pointman.org This is the direction I would point you in for
security....Also, I would recommend some reading on the ipchains,
masquerading, and firewalling HOWTOs. These are really great reading from a
security standpoint.
Steve Weltman
(from Beijing)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Goldenpi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 2:02 AM
Subject: [newbie] Why are these ports open?
> While I was testing a portscaner on localhost(Why do you think I got
linux?)
> I noticed my new installation is running remote login, ftp, and some other
> services. Why are these open, and how do I close them.
>
>
