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Re: [cobalt-security] [Raq3i] securely using rpc.statd and other rpc services
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] [Raq3i] securely using rpc.statd and other rpc services
- From: Gossi The Dog <gossi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 22:35:48 +0000 (GMT)
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Theodore Jones wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Thanks a million. The people on this list are awesome! I tried a :
>
> [root@www admin]# /usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p
>
> and got:
>
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to receive; errno =
> Connection reset by peer
>
> so I assume that I'm ok on this front, and not vulnerable to any of these
> rpc.statd attacks, correct?
Yep, rpc services are not running.
> Does rpc stand for "Remote Procedure Call" or something by the way?
Yep.