Paul Dufresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> From: Paul Dufresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Looking to /etc/services, I found that Debian seems to like to have a >>> very big file with all known services rather than just add the >>> services needed. I don't even knows if other distributions does just >>> add the needed services. >> >> That file is just a mapping of service names and ports, it has no relation >> to services that are actually running. > > Yes, I know. But as I see it, each mapping is like a *possible* door > to the Internet.
No, each *port* is like a possible door to the internet. /etc/services is just a way to give ports names, regards if those ports are used or not. > When there is so much, it become too hard to look at each door to see > if there is a program behind, and if it does what it should. "netstat -plunt" will show you exactly which programs are listening on which port. Thomas Weinbrenner -- Freiheit statt Angst 2008 -- Groß-Demonstration in Berlin! Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 um 14 Uhr am Alexanderplatz http://www.freiheitstattangst.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
