[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I'm new to Linux, how can I be sure there is no way for others to get > in to my machine when I am in a PPP session?
Disable inetd and rpc.portmap. You might also want to disable sendmail, sshd, etc... depending on your configuration. To check if there are any processes listening, do a: netstat --inet -a With lsof, you might also know which process opens which socket, etc... Basically, if no process have a listening socket on your machine, then no one will get in. This is the only 100% safe (but drastic) solution. Phil.