[ale] Re: open port!

Dave Brooks dbrooks at comstar.net
Thu Oct 12 10:27:46 EDT 2000


RTFM.  (sorry, I usually dont like the RTFM answer, but this is getting
slightly out of hand...)

http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue46/pollman/tcpwrappers.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue50/tag/41.html

Read through a little documentation and it should answer these questions for
you.


Thus spake reji at sbc.edu.ph,
>
>>You should use a port scanning utility like nmap or saint. 
>
>	Where can i find this utility?
>
>>Also, look at/etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/hosts.allow, and
>>/etc/hosts.deny to see which ports are enabled and which have been
>>eithered commented out or have been denied access.
>
>
>	In /etc/sevices - what should I do? do i have to put comments on
>those ports (services that is not needed)  that open?
>
>	In /etc/inetd.cont - what should I do? do I have to put comments
>those ports that is not needed and not being use by servers? examples is
>an dns server, what will i comment to it so that dns server will be only
>dns server and no one is allowed remotely just the console login? 
>
>ex. for ftp server - can I comment telnet, smtp, ipop3, etc. 
>
>
>	What will I do to /etc/hosts.deny and allow? 
>
>Reji
>
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