That makes a lot of assumptions about my (or anyone else) understanding of the system. For example, I have no clue what discard is used for. So, how do I know if I have a package installed that will not work properly if I disable that port. Yes, I should go and research the issue but I only have some much time in the day.
Therefor, many of us are forced to make the same assumptions (valid or not) such as Sebastiaan's. Pat Moffitt MIS Administrator Western Recreational Vehicles, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ethan Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:57 AM > To: debian-security@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: rlinetd security > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:53:06AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > > Yes, that is a good question. I do not know where most of them are used > > for, but because they are always installed, I assumed that these are > > needed for correct system operation. But even if I would disable these > > ports, I still want to use ftp, smtp and telnet only for my > local network. > > if you don't know why your running them you don't need them. simple > as that.
