[2106] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
[linux-security] Re: portmap vulnerability?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Vajk)
Thu Dec 10 03:30:16 1998
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 07:55:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Kevin Vajk <kvajk@ricochet.net>
To: linux-security@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.981209081742.26510B-100000@k9ps.ampr.org>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
It's worth mentioning that denying access to portmapper makes it much
harder to get at RPC services, but does not make it impossible for a
skilled attacker.
It's still very much worth doing, though.
- Kevin Vajk
<kvajk@ricochet.net>
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