--- arthur_dent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to begin to secure my P.C.. It's only a > home computer but may > hopefully later be linked to a second pc via 10/100 > nics. > > I was reading a faq on the net about securing a > linux box and they recomend > to not have certain services enabled unless > absolutly necessary. One of these > is "portmap". I notice this is enabled by default (I > think) on Woody. Can I > safely uninstall this service/program without > affecting my p.c.? > All I'm using it for is surfing the net, reading > email and other "home" type > things. > > Also they recomend disabling nfs...I have > "nfs-common" and nfs-kernel-server" > installed. Can I safely disable these too? I dont > require them for apt-get > updates etc? > Thanks for any advise. > > Yes and yes. You might want to install the harden meta-packages ( is that the correct terminology? ).
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