Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Jason Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Jason Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Jason Thomas
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:53:15AM -0400, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: Jason Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: to tighten your sever - comment out all entries in inetd.conf... or xinet.d/* should have disable=yes Hello, I just tried the above in my xinetd.conf and I get errors. That is, I put 'disable = yes' in service sections. I also tried

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Jason Thomas
I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: libwrap Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: to tighten your sever - comment out all entries in inetd.conf... or xinet.d/* should have disable=yes Hello, I just tried the above in my xinetd.conf and I get errors. That is, I put 'disable = yes' in service sections. I also tried

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Jason Thomas
I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: libwrap Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In particular, how critical are the internal services of echo, chargen, discard, daytime, and time. Completely and totally non-critical. In fact, I don't know if they're actually used by anything these days. -- Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] - In a

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Doug Geiger
. -- MG Series MGA Workshop Manual - Original Message - From: Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: inetd questions Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In particular, how

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Davy Gigan
Nate Bargmann writes: Many texts say something like, disable unneeded services in inetd.conf which is great advice, until one is unsure what is needed. Most of the other services are self explanatory. You should always disable anything you don't know about. See some discussions above on

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In particular, how critical are the internal services of echo, chargen, discard, daytime, and time. Completely and totally non-critical. In fact, I don't know if they're actually used by anything these days. -- Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] - In a

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Doug Geiger
. -- MG Series MGA Workshop Manual - Original Message - From: Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-security@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: inetd questions Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind, I've taken it upon myself to tighten things up and understand what the system is doing. A recuring mystery to me is some of the services enabled/disabled in /etc/inetd.conf. In particular, how

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Stewart James
From: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: inetd questions Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:22:42 +1000 (EST) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind, I've taken it upon myself

inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind, I've taken it upon myself to tighten things up and understand what the system is doing. A recuring mystery to me is some of the services enabled/disabled in /etc/inetd.conf. In particular, how

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Stewart James
From: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: inetd questions Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:22:42 +1000 (EST) Resent-From: debian-security@lists.debian.org Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Alvin Oga
2001 22:20:13 -0500 From: Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: inetd questions Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:22:42 +1000 (EST) Resent-From: debian-security@lists.debian.org Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked