On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, bay56 wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] what are these daemons?
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>
> > > linuxconf
> > Potential security risk. Don't run it.
>
> Where could I read up about that? I already ran it, but will leave it out
> next install if it's that bad. Darn - seemed quite useful too! <sigh>
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.zap.to/atelier
> Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/
>
>
There is no security risk running the initscript for linuxconf.
Access to the linuxconf, remotely is handled via inetd and linuxconf
internal security measures. which default to deny.
you can fully disable linuxconf network access by editing your inetd.conf
and commenting out the linuxconf line at the bottom if it isn't already
done..
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