[2608] in bugtraq
Re: denial of service - inetd on solaris 2.4?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Flory)
Fri May 24 15:42:59 1996
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 12:36:01 -0600
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
From: Jack Flory <jpf@MIG.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
In-Reply-To: <199605241545.IAA05218@olympics.West.Sun.COM> from "Brad Powell"
at May 24, 96 08:45:51 am
Brad Powell's original thesis:
>
>You should probably just turn off echo, discard, daytime and chargen
>as well. From the comment in inetd.conf:
># Echo, discard, daytime, and chargen are used primarily for testing.
>
Alas, some routers use rdate to set their clock on boot.
daytime is still required in that case. However, I agree
with you even to the point on killing off inetd on
exposed machines.
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