You've gotten the answers to your questions, already, but I'll point you to
www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ for an okay primer to hardening your box, if you don't already know about it. I'm no security expert, but it seems to coincide with most of the knowledge that I've seen on the net. Good luck. Marshal >>>>> "arthur" == arthur dent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: arthur> I am trying to begin to secure my P.C.. It's only a home arthur> computer but may hopefully later be linked to a second pc arthur> via 10/100 nics. arthur> I was reading a faq on the net about securing a linux box arthur> and they recomend to not have certain services enabled arthur> unless absolutly necessary. One of these is "portmap". I arthur> notice this is enabled by default (I think) on Woody. Can arthur> I safely uninstall this service/program without affecting arthur> my p.c.? All I'm using it for is surfing the net, reading arthur> email and other "home" type things. arthur> Also they recomend disabling nfs...I have "nfs-common" and arthur> nfs-kernel-server" installed. Can I safely disable these arthur> too? I dont require them for apt-get updates etc? Thanks arthur> for any advise. arthur> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to arthur> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of arthur> "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact arthur> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]