>The presence of listeners, by itself, has no bearing on how secure the >computer is.
I would put it a little differently. The security of the listeners is one major factor that determines the security of the computer. When you can't trust the listeners you shut down their ports. Shutting down ports is a major function of firewalls. So what does that tell us about the security of the listeners? Not so good. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
