Beware - you may be cracked

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Author: der.hansPLUGd@LuftHans.com
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Subject: Beware - you may be cracked
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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