I don't use NFS service and the only service I could see that portmap is necessary in my case is the NIS service. I deinstalled portmap. Is there another critical service that could use the sunrpc? I just don't see the need of having port 111 open. But again, I am just a beginner.
> Hi all, > > Thanks Daniel for the explanations about posting a message properly. > > This is what it shows after rpcinfo: > rpcinfo -p > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 391002 1 tcp 32768 sgi_fam > 391002 2 tcp 32768 sgi_fam > > For a minute before doing this, I thought that somehow port 111 was > exposed to the internet. Mostly because the firewall did not show this > port open previously. However, since it appears to be solely the portmap > server, it seems to be ok. I wonder why the firewall shows this port open > and before it did not. Anyways, it seems to be open only locally. > > Regards, > -Jose. > > > -- > -JM. �Estos d�as azules y este sol de la infancia �(Antonio Machado-1939) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- -JM. �Estos d�as azules y este sol de la infancia �(Antonio Machado-1939)
