run the command "setup" and un-mark the RPC services. They are marked by default.
Also, there is more then one - 3 or 4, can't remember. stop anything with "rpc" in
it's name, and also portmapper
At 03:15 PM 1/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Rick Warner wrote:
>
>>
>> One person's opinion: rpc.statd is only needed if running an NFS
>> server. No NFS server should be 'exposed' to the Internet. NFS and
>> components have been a security nightmare for over a decade now. If you
>> need to run NFS for an internal net, make sure you have a good firewall
>> between you and the net to block all external access to NFS and
>> components. Then do all the security updates as the second line of
>> defense.
>>
>> - rick warner
>
>I looked at my 6.2 box, and it is running 'rpc.statd', but I couldn't
>determine how it was started, and hence, the proper way to stop it, now
>and permanently.
>
>Can someone clue in?
>
>Thank you.
>
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