>>>>> "Thaths" == Sudhakar Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thaths> From: "prashant singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> 1. Can we change the default port binding to a particluar
>> service for more security like changing the default port of
>> telnet which is 23 to say 1024?
Thaths> Sure. You'll have to hack telnetd (the telnet daemon) to
Thaths> listen at port 1024. In all probability, you can probably
Thaths> change it by changing telnetd's configuration. Remember
Thaths> that your telnet client would have to telnet to port 1024
Thaths> and not 23.
Changing the port number (the first field in the line) for telnetd in
/etc/inetd.conf to 1024 and killall -1 inetd is enough. Xinetd has a
similar solution.
Thaths> In reality this is not security. It is obfuscation.
Agreed.
-- Raju
Thaths> [anip]
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