On 2001-11-19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >"Jude Dashiell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I had put redhat 7.0 on another system I have. Unfortunately >portmap server >> turned on and I didn't know how to turn it off. Some script >>kitty put linsniffer on my system so I've been in contact with my >>i.s.p.'s to change passwords. >Argh. Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. RH7.0 had a number of >problems, and while they've since been fixed, they can certainly >catch someone who's just done an install unawares. DEFINITELY spend >some time tightening up ANY system before it goes onto the Internet, >especially if it's going to be unattended for long periods. >> [...] Read up and >> make sure that portmap server is turned off along with as many >other servers >> as you can manage. >Good advice. Less is more when it comes to security. >> My server kept on coming up with an error 111 and I've >> reinstalled the system. Unfortunately now the system appears not >to be able >> to copy anything off of floppies without i/o errors so I may end >up trashing >> the system and letting the dumpster have it. >Oooh. Hate to see you go to that length. Are those Sig11 errors by >any chance? Any details on the hardware? >Hate to see anything hit the dumpster. Hope you get it all working >again. >- Bob >To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. >Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. >More info can be found at; >http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html As it happens, yes they are sig11 errors. It's a Dell dimension dsg 128 computer. At least it has a 128mb memory chip in it.
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