Here are what the metioned services do; you decide if you need them:
1)IRDA = IR communication. Do you use an IR device?
2)XFS = The Xfont server. Normally required for X windows to run...
3)rawdevice = is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block
device.
4)fetchmail = is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches
mail from remote mailservers and
forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery system. Not
nessessary (I don't think, not certain)
if you use a popclient like Netscape.
Paul Rodríguez wrote:
>
> Hey, thanks for the info. But if you see my post "I seem to have made a
> mistaek myself", it's not a good idea to uninitialize xFS, it's needed by X.
> You can tell xfree86 not to use it by editting some files, but there's no
> need to do this.
>
> -Paul R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Meyer
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 8:57 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Startup services, which are necessary?
>
> Jeremy Hughes wrote:
> >
> > > Paul Rodríguez wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, I'm in the process of trying to secure my system. I have
> > > pmfirewall set up and working well, but there are a lot of holes
> > > still. One of the things that I am trying to do is minimize
> > > unnecessary startup services, both for speed and security. I've shut
> > > a bunch down, mostly servers that I'm not running, but there are a few
> > > that I'm not sure about.
> > >
> > > Namely:
> > >
> > > xfs
> > > rawdevices
> > > network
> > > irda
> > > fetchmail
> > > Do I need these to run a home workstation, (connected to the internet,
> > > but not wanting to run any servers or anything like that at this
> > > time)?
> > >
> > > -Paul R
> >
> > i am also trying to figure out which i need for a workstation. I you
> > get an answer please forward to my also. Thanks.. I will do the
> > same... Jeremy
>
> I just installed PMFirewall, and found a good Mandrake online tutorial
> at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Networking/IPmasq/pages/ that
> led me through the setup. So I got it up and running successfully. I
> port scanned myself using http://crypto.yashy.com and had no holes. The
> startup services on your list that I had enabled and running during the
> port scan were xfs and network. So I guess you can leave those two
> running safely if you need them. I'm not sure if they are really needed
> though in a desktop situation. I will remove them if I find out they are
> not needed. rawdevices I have set in startup services but it was not
> running. irda and fetchmail i do not have in my list of startup
> services. If you use the self port scan at the forementioned URL, su in
> a terminal first and run "tail -f /var/log/messages". Then you will see
> all the attempts at getting in, and if they all have a DENY in them,
> your door is locked.
>
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