type setup and select only the services you need. If it's a server on the
internet and you don;t need NFS, then that should be disabled. I got
hacked like that once. I found a file called Spakit.c in a directory...
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Martin Brown 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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