Re: [LIH] Linux Security

[Mukund]

for desk top with dial up connection,

>Here is what I have done, I have turned off most of the erstwhile services.
>nmap now reads;-


>auth

it is remote login, disable the port in /etc/inetd.conf (51* ) dangerous

>printer

For lan printer only. close if not required, expolit is floating.

>kdm

not required

>squid-http

ok

>X11

again for remote  x server ,close, again dangerous

>Which I guess is fair. Only thing I am concerned about is the remanants
left
>behind - my Saint scan still speaks of a backdoor and ingresshole - greek
and
>latin I cant figure out.


tripwire is better.

Regards,
Mukund Deshmukh
Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd.
Web Site - www.betacomp.com



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