Running 'netstat -tap' will tell you what ports are listening.
Also check out comp.os.linux.security. Recently they had a whole slew of
postings with links to good web resources on locking down Linux.
"Armoring Linux" by L Spitz? Was pretty good. I can't recall the URL,
though it should be easy enough to find.
Cheers,
Robert K.
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, R. J. Woodward wrote:
> At 07:22 AM 10/13/99 -0500, Michael H. Collins wrote:
> > In answer to the first question, It is very insecure. You need
> > to set
> >up firewalling right away.. The script kiddies run rampant on rr.
>
> OK. I do not feel bad asking this question.
>
> I am not running inetd. Therefore, nothing is listening to my (RR)
> connection. I have IPChains set up to do routing for my Win98 box behind
> my Mandrake 6.5 (or 6.1 whatever) box.
>
> What can a script kiddie do under these conditions?
>
> When I start configuring this box more aggressively, I will put Abacus on
> it, and tighten it down, but I don't think there is anything to worry about
> now.
>
> Ready? Fight!
> R. J. 10-13-99 9:35p.
>
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