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| On Tue, Jan 06, 2004, willjay wrote: >Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you >prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj Turn them off in /etc/inetd.conf or use tcp_wrappers. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your consul, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget ye were our countrymen.'' -- Samuel Adams (American Patriot) |
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| willjay typed (on Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:48:41PM -0500): | Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you | prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj What has one to do with the other? Edit your inetd.conf file 'ad lib'. -- JP |
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| On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:48:41 -0500, willjay wrote: > Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you > prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj Yes they can be disabled. Besides commenting them out of inetd.conf I also remove execute permission from the daemon if I can't just plain remove the programs. |
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| "Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message news:20040107014232.GG25653@jpradley.jpr.com... > willjay typed (on Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:48:41PM -0500): > | Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you > | prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj > > What has one to do with the other? Edit your inetd.conf file 'ad lib'. > > -- > JP I see now that they have nothing to do with each other. I disabled both ftpd and telnetd and finger so that should be a little more secure. What other inetd.conf setting can I 'rem out' ? Thanks, wj |
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| willjay typed (on Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:58:33AM -0500): | | "Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message | news:20040107014232.GG25653@jpradley.jpr.com... | > willjay typed (on Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:48:41PM -0500): | > | Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you | > | prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj | > | > What has one to do with the other? Edit your inetd.conf file 'ad lib'. | | I see now that they have nothing to do with each other. I disabled both | ftpd and telnetd and finger so that should be a little more secure. What | other inetd.conf setting can I 'rem out' ? Turn that around, and ask youself which services you really want enabled. -- JP |
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| Jean-Pierre Radley wrote: > willjay typed (on Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:58:33AM -0500): > | > | "Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message > | news:20040107014232.GG25653@jpradley.jpr.com... > | > willjay typed (on Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:48:41PM -0500): > | > | Can telnetd and ftpd be disabled when openssh is installed. How do you > | > | prevent someone from doing an regular telnet or ftp. Thanks wj > | > > | > What has one to do with the other? Edit your inetd.conf file 'ad lib'. > | > | I see now that they have nothing to do with each other. I disabled both > | ftpd and telnetd and finger so that should be a little more secure. What > | other inetd.conf setting can I 'rem out' ? > > Turn that around, and ask youself which services you really want > enabled. > There's a nice utility called "strobe" which, when performed against a given IP address, can show you all the TCP ports actually in use (listening) on the above IP address. Once you have that listing, you can think about the services to close. If you're interested in strobe, drop me an email (see the email address in my sig, replacing <AT> with @). Best, Roberto -- Roberto Zini - Technical Support Manager - email:r.zini<AT>strhold.it Technical Support Manager -- Strhold Evolution Division R.E. (ITALY) --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Has anybody around here seen an aircraft carrier?" (Pete "Maverick" Mitchell - Top Gun) |