[cobalt-security] Hardening RaQ3 OS by Removing Unused RPM's

[Randall <thebizworkers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Group,

Can anyone shed light on the RPM's below and if
they're actually needed on the RaQ3 system to run
properly? We recently hired a security firm to harden
our systems/networks -we installed a RedHat 7 firebox
with IPTables in front of the RaQ?s. But they?re also
suggesting that the RPM's below be removed because
they're really not needed as they only add to possible
security threats. We realize postgresql-6.5.2-C2 needs
to stay for the backend database, but what about the
others in this list? Does anyone see anything that
*should* stay that's listed below?

Thanks for any info/insight!

glibc-devel-2.1.3-21
bind-devel-8.2.3-C1
panel-utils-4.2-9
dhcp-2.0b1pl6-6C1
binutils-2.9.1.0.23-1
bison-1.27-3
rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.6x
cpio-2.4.2-12
cpp-1.1.2-12
dhcpcd-1.3.17pl2-1
egcs-1.1.2-12
egcs-c++-1.1.2-12
egcs-g77-1.1.2-12
egcs-objc-1.1.2-12
emacs-20.3-15
emacs-nox-20.3-15
finger-0.10-24
flex-2.5.4a-6
m4-1.4-12
mgetty-1.1.14-8
minicom-1.82-5
ncftp-3.0beta18-3
ncurses-devel-5.0-12C1r3
netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1-C6
postgresql-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-perl-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-python-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-jdbc-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-server-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-odbc-6.5.2-C2
postgresql-tcl-6.5.2-C2
ppp-2.3.7-2
python-docs-1.5.1-10
rsh-0.10-25
samba-2.0.5a-1
samba-client-2.0.5a-1
telnet-0.10-29
compat-binutils-5.2-2.9.1.0.23.1
compat-egcs-5.2-1.0.3a.1
compat-egcs-c++-5.2-1.0.3a.1
compat-egcs-g77-5.2-1.0.3a.1
compat-egcs-objc-5.2-1.0.3a.1
compat-glibc-5.2-2.0.7.1
compat-libs-5.2-1
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-49
portmap-4.0-15C1
gdbm-devel-1.7.3-19
glib-devel-1.2.1-2
gmp-devel-2.0.2-8
zlib-devel-1.1.3-5
libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-13
libxml-devel-1.0.0-2
perl-Devel-Symdump-2.00-2
postgresql-devel-6.5.2-C2
python-devel-1.5.1-10
readline-devel-2.2.1-5
slang-devel-1.2.2-4
nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1
kernel-source-2.2.14C5-1
pine-4.33-C1
openssl-devel-0.9.5a-3
imap-devel-4.7c2-C3
gd-devel-1.3-5


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