Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:59:00PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > > > What ports did you scan? i usually specify -p 1-65535 when using nmap. > > if it were my machine i would for sure firewall all those > > services(except smtp). > > huh, my protscan shows this: > > Interesting ports on Blackbird (127.0.0.1): > Port State Protocol Service > 9 open tcp discard > 13 open tcp daytime > 21 open tcp ftp > 23 open tcp telnet > 25 open tcp smtp > 37 open tcp time > 111 open tcp sunrpc > 119 open tcp nntp > 139 open tcp netbios-ssn > 757 open tcp unknown > 1024 open tcp unknown > 1025 open tcp listen > 6000 open tcp X11
I'd definitely considered purging telnetd ... clear text passwords are not such a good idea, security wise. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
