On Tuesday 19 October 2004 17:03, Art Edwards wrote:
> We just got a notice from security that sunrpc has an integer overflow.
> Is this still a problem for Debian? It seems that sunrpc is a
> kernel-level issue, so if this is a problem, does anyone have a remedial
> suggestion?
>
> Art Edwards
Ch
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 12:01:50AM -0700, Aaron Brashears wrote:
> I'm making some efforts to tighten up security on my home server. I've
> been closing some services that I don't need, and after thinking I'd
> cleared everything out, I did an nmap scan of the box. Everything was
> as it should be
Ok, I guess the uninstall of portmap didn't kill the process. After
killing it, and doing another portscan, all is better. I am running
bind, so I guess I want 'domain' running on 53.
Thanks :)
Marc Wilson wrote:
>
> Port 111 is the portmapper (for NFS and other RPC services) and port 53 is
> BI
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 12:01:50AM -0700, Aaron Brashears wrote:
> I'm making some efforts to tighten up security on my home server. I've
> been closing some services that I don't need, and after thinking I'd
> cleared everything out, I did an nmap scan of the box. Everything was as
> it should be
Port 111 is the portmapper (for NFS and other RPC services) and port 53 is
BIND (DNS). If you're not running NSF, you really don't need the portmapper
for much (although you can protect it with TCP Wrappers), and you don't need
BIND unless you're either providing name service for a domain, or runn
Quoting Joachim Trinkwitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > I removed *portmap from /etc/rc2.d and I am still having sunrpc start up
> > on boot. I want to remove sunrpc from my system, but am having
> > trouble. Can anyone explain how sunrpc starts and how to stop it from
> > starting?
>
> Do you have
> I removed *portmap from /etc/rc2.d and I am still having sunrpc start up
> on boot. I want to remove sunrpc from my system, but am having
> trouble. Can anyone explain how sunrpc starts and how to stop it from
> starting?
Do you have compiled NFS into your kernel , maybe as a module? 'grep
N
Run < update-rc.d -f portmap remove > to remove ALL
the start up links . When it runs it will show you what links its
removing.
This still leaves the portmap script in /etc/init.d so you
can manually re-start portmap and even re-install the
start up links.
Or if you wan
Debian Ghost said:
> I am not so sure I understand what RPC servers are.
> Does it have something to do with an NFS type service?
> I do not know that I use any RPC servers or services. That
> is why I am considering turning down the sunrpc service.
>
> Would this be wise?
Yes, NFS is RPC-based.
Debian Ghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear Olaf,
> Thank you for the reply!
> I am not so sure I understand what RPC servers are.
Same here :-(
> Does it have something to do with an NFS type service?
Yes, I remember I had to put portmap in my /etc/hosts.allow to get NFS
to work. I have A
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:21:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Debian Ghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: sunrpc
Dear Olaf,
Thank you for the reply!
I am not so sure I understand what RPC
Debian Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> D Ghost here,
> I've searched and looked for documentation on what sunrpc is and what
> starts/stops it in debian. I have checked inetd.conf and it is not started
> in there. I want to not run this deamon. How do I "turn it off" ?
This service is provided
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