Re: [lug-nuts] Redhat 6.0 securty problem

From: Rick Johnson (rick@pointman.org)
Date: Wed Dec 08 1999 - 10:32:57 PST

What kind of problem did you find? I haven't seen anything related show up
on mailing lists yet. (except this one of course.)

Rick 

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It really is too bad Microsoft doesn't also sell a vacuum cleaner, for I'm
convinced it would be their only product that doesn't suck.

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Mike Machado wrote:

> If you run a redhat 6.0 machine on the net you may be vulnerable. I have
> found a possible problem the the portmapper service that runs on tcp
> 111. If you do not need nfs services I would reccommend turning it off
> along with the kernel nfsd. 
> 
> 
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> Mike Machado
> mike@innercite.com
> InnerCite
> Network Specialist
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