Beware - you may be cracked

der.hans PLUGd@LuftHans.com
Sun, 17 Sep 2000 12:56:08 -0700 (MST)


Am 16. Sep, 2000 schwäzte Shawn T. Rutledge so:

> On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 08:47:02PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> > If you have a Linux box with a permanent net connection and have not
> > been particularly security-conscious, beware!  Chances are very good
> > that your system is already compromised.
> 
> I've had rstatd and ftpd disabled for a long time.  (I don't even 
> remember what rstatd does, some kind of status reporting probably?)

I think it's for nfs.

Might be for the r system services, e.g. rwho, etc.

In either case it doesn't need to be open to the Net and has been removed
from my machines for quite some time :).

ciao,

der.hans
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