Fred K Ollinger on Tue, 16 Jul 2002 03:00:13 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] how to tell which process binds to which port?


> > Every other service is behind a firewall (ipchains) except rpc.quotad
> > which kept rearing its ugly head in different places.
>
> Are you running a mostly open firewall?  A mostly closed firewall
> would prevent the random port from being exposed.

That's probably true then.

I did it this way to avoid breaking things. I just block all the ports
that I see open on nmap that I don't want exposed.

I thought about blocking the 800 range, but turning off the (unnecessary)
service is probably better.

Fred


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