securing ports

2000-03-07 Thread Timothy Bedding
Is it possible to secure the ports on my Debian machine so that other machines on the internet cannot get through? Is there some way to configure pppd to block packets?

Re: securing ports

2000-03-07 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Is it possible to secure the ports on my Debian machine so that other machines on the internet cannot get through? Is there some way to configure pppd to block packets? ipchains. Read the IPCHAINS-HOWTO. Or just disable all the services through /etc/inetd.conf (not advised for a couple of

Re: securing ports

2000-03-07 Thread John G. Norman
Which ports are inadvisable for closing? TIA, John N. At 09:07 PM 3/6/2000 -0600, Andrei Ivanov wrote: ipchains. Read the IPCHAINS-HOWTO. Or just disable all the services through /etc/inetd.conf (not advised for a couple of ports).

Re: securing ports

2000-03-07 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Which ports are inadvisable for closing? TIA, John N. It depends on what you do on the net. For example, some irc servers (irc.prison.net is one of tehm) require for you to run ident in order to connect to them. Obviously, you wnat to turn off useless ports...discard, daytime, time, finger,

Re: securing ports

2000-03-07 Thread Adam Shand
Which ports are inadvisable for closing? TIA, John N. it depends on what the box does. if it's just a workstation for you then you can probably turn off everything in inetd.conf except ident. ports you might want to look into leaving open, depending on the purpose of the box: ftp ssh ident