Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Raju Mathur saw fit to inform LI that:
>
> >Sorry, tripwire is for checking integrity of system files, and anyway
> >newer versions are commercial now. There is a free clone being
> >developed. What you're looking for, however, is portsentry, which
> >recognises portscans and blocks offenders.
>
> my bad.
>
> >Question: if I block off portmapper, or switch it off, what do I lose?
>
> nil, ideally.\
Unless you want to run NFS on your box
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