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Re: [cobalt-security] Security concern or not?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Security concern or not?
- From: Damian Gerow <dgerow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:07:23 -0500
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
> Thanks for the info. It seemed a little flakey. I'm checking into having
> them run a different scan.
>
> One thing I did notice was that finger is running. How would I disable it?
> I know Linux would use rc.d scripts. Is it the same for the Cobalt?
On the Qube, it's run from /etc/inetd.conf. My guess would be that it's the same on the Raq.
Comment out the finger entry in inetd.conf. Restart it. If you know you'll never need a finger server, deleting the actual daemons is recommended.