Are Linux boxes vulnerable -- Thanks!

Josef Lowder joe at actionline.com
Mon Mar 17 15:31:29 MST 2008


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Thanks Erich (and everyone)

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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Erich Newell wrote
> You should be mostly concerned with what is in your startup scripts and init.d directory. Do a "netstat -antu" and start with those. Look for anything "LISTEN"ing on a non-loopback interface. Do you know what they all are and why they are running? If not, then figure out what they are and eliminate them.
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> 99.9999967% of systems should only be listening on 22, 80 and 443. FTP is also good for file distribution situations that require no security...but in these instances I still recommend bit torrent and seeding. Its more "net-friendly".

 
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