I'm no expert, but I can tell you this...
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 12:32:53PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > And a good comment. :-) However, I don't just blindly start up the
> > box afterwards and let it run. I go into setup and turn off a bunch
> > of stuff I don't need / want running and do the same with inetd.conf.
> > :-)
>
> I see so much in the services that I get sick
>
> my inetd.conf file is not so large
> ---------------------------------
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
comment this one out fast. install ssh. sleep well.
> shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rshd
> login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rlogind
---- none of these below are needed ---
> talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd
> ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ntalkd
> finger stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.fingerd
> linuxconf stream tcp wait root /bin/linuxconf linuxconf --http
> netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/smbd smbd
> netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/nmbd nmbd
---- none of these above are needed --
remember there are more than just the services spawned by inetd - run
ntsysv to see what you have turned on at bootup
> How much is realy needed in services if I have to have my machine on
> the net as a
>
> web server
>
> mail server
>
> dns server
>
> web mailserver
>
> pop mailserver
really this list is just
web server
mail server
dns server
so you need to run a httpd server, an smtp server, and a dns server :)
It's supposed to be polite to run ident, so I do.
Again, I'm no expert.
charles
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