Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Jason Thomas
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:53:15AM -0400, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: > Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried this out on my system and it works for me! > > > > with disabled: > > Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. > > Exiting... > > > > without di

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Jason Thomas
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:53:15AM -0400, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: > Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried this out on my system and it works for me! > > > > with disabled: > > Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... > > > > without disabl

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried this out on my system and it works for me! > > with disabled: > Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... > > without disabled: > Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-19 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried this out on my system and it works for me! > > with disabled: > Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... > > without disabled: > Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Jason Thomas
I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: libwrap Aug 19 1

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Jason Thomas
I tried this out on my system and it works for me! with disabled: Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting... without disabled: Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: libwrap Aug 19

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > to tighten your sever > - comment out all entries in inetd.conf... > or xinet.d/* should have "disable=yes" Hello, I just tried the above in my xinetd.conf and I get errors. That is, I put 'disable = yes' in service sections. I also trie

Re: inetd questions

2001-08-18 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > to tighten your sever > - comment out all entries in inetd.conf... > or xinet.d/* should have "disable=yes" Hello, I just tried the above in my xinetd.conf and I get errors. That is, I put 'disable = yes' in service sections. I also tri

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Doug Geiger
he starter knob. -- MG "Series MGA" Workshop Manual - Original Message - From: "Alan Shutko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: inetd questions > Nate B

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Doug Geiger
he starter knob. -- MG "Series MGA" Workshop Manual - Original Message - From: "Alan Shutko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: inetd q

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In particular, how critical are the internal services of echo, > chargen, discard, daytime, and time. Completely and totally non-critical. In fact, I don't know if they're actually used by anything these days. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Alan Shutko
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In particular, how critical are the internal services of echo, > chargen, discard, daytime, and time. Completely and totally non-critical. In fact, I don't know if they're actually used by anything these days. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Davy Gigan
Nate Bargmann writes: > Many texts say something like, "disable unneeded services in inetd.conf" > which is great advice, until one is unsure what is needed. Most of the > other services are self explanatory. You should always disable anything you don't know about. See some discussions above

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-31 Thread Davy Gigan
Nate Bargmann writes: > Many texts say something like, "disable unneeded services in inetd.conf" > which is great advice, until one is unsure what is needed. Most of the > other services are self explanatory. You should always disable anything you don't know about. See some discussions above

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Alvin Oga
gt; Cheers, > > Stewart James > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:20:13 -0500 > > From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-security@lists.debian.org > > Subject: inetd questions > > Resent-Date

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Stewart James
, 30 Jul 2001 22:20:13 -0500 > From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-security@lists.debian.org > Subject: inetd questions > Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:22:42 +1000 (EST) > Resent-From: debian-security@lists.debian.org > > Hi All. > > Recently

inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind, I've taken it upon myself to tighten things up and understand what the system is doing. A recuring mystery to me is some of the services enabled/disabled in /etc/inetd.conf. In particular, how crit

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Alvin Oga
gt; Cheers, > > Stewart James > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:20:13 -0500 > > From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: inetd questions > > Resent-Date: Tue, 3

Re: inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Stewart James
, 30 Jul 2001 22:20:13 -0500 > From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: inetd questions > Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:22:42 +1000 (EST) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi All. > > Recently some members of my LUG were crack

inetd questions

2001-07-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi All. Recently some members of my LUG were cracked on their dial-up machines. With that in mind, I've taken it upon myself to tighten things up and understand what the system is doing. A recuring mystery to me is some of the services enabled/disabled in /etc/inetd.conf. In particular, how cri