On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 at 05:03, Elky Grrrr... wrote: > Rick Moen, do you know how to disable it?? i'm a newb who needs help, > ok???!!! so dont act so smart asking me what the context of the request > is and give me all that bs. > > can anybody help me disable port 1024, i am afraid a hacker might > exploit it!! there, rick, you get the context now??
First this is not the Linux newbie list. This is the main PLUG list. We can all be as arrogant as we want to be, here. Asbestos suits are assumed to have been donned beforehand. To subscribe to the Linux newbie list, go to <http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie/>. To unsubscribe from the main PLUG list go to <http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug/>. Having said that, you do not generally disable ports. You can block access to them, though. First you want to see if something's listening to port 1024. You can do this by running (as root): # netstat -anp If something's listening to port 1024 (nothing should, AFAIK), you'll see what program it is. Kill it, and find out why the hell it was running in the first place. Alternatively if you're uber-paranoid you can work out your firewall rules to have a default policy of DENY, selectively permitting access to such ports you may need as 25, 80, 443, et al. There are LOTS of documents around. <http://ldp.free.net.ph/> or <http://www.tldp.org/> should be good stops, as well as <http://netfilter.samba.org/>. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : <http://jijo.free.net.ph/> Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
