>From: Greg Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>nmap is crazy that way.. What you have to understand is that your firewall
>rules are set to DENY from outside of that computer and it probably says
>FORWARD or ACCEPT locally ... That's why they all appear open.
Unfortunately the results are pretty much the same whether I run nmap
locally or test my server using desktop audit at http://www.e-softinc.com.
The only difference is there are two additional ports showing as open
locally than when scanning online.
>Then, head over to /etc/inetd.conf and # comment out lines for services
>you are no longer running. Then - Ta-Da. Your system is a bit more
>secure.
I commented out everything in this file.
Thanks.
Andre'
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