Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/14/2007 11:15 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Folk, Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely examples. In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out unused services? No, you would di

Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:15:54AM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended > to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely > examples. > > In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out > unused

Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread - Tong -
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:15:54 -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended > to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely > examples. > > In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out > unused services? Defi

disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely examples. In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out unused services? Other services, such as telnet, are needed in my LAN but should be