Hey, guys, Thanks to everybody, this is really more help than i expected. Thanks a lot, i'll follow your advices (well not all of them since some are just opposite to each other ;)) But really, thank you, thank you, thank you... George Charles Galpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
