Ethan King wrote: > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:22 AM > Subject: Linux - portmap > > > hey all, > > > > Not sure if this is the right place to post this question (I'm new > > here) but I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it is safe to > > turn off portmap on my Linux Red Hat box. As far as I know I am > > not using RPC for anything and therefore not necessary. Am I > > incorrect? > > Yes, it should be safe. If you are not aware of any specific reason > you should need it, you probably don't. You should also check for > other things running that don't *need* to be there, especially > network daemons....
In fact, portmap (rpc.statd) is highly exploitable so removing it would certainly be a good idea. Jan -- Dutch Security Information Network (http://www.dsinet.org)
