On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Lim Ghee Lam wrote: >> 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? > > I turn it off on my installation of Red Hat. I guess it's safe to turn it > off . My server have been running for 1 year plus and it seems fine. >
I would claim that security is one unique area in which you apply the rule: If you don't know what it does, disable it. If disabling it causes problems, figure out what it does and then maybe re-enable it. This especially applies to portmap. Turning it off hurts nothing. -Josh
