[Eug-lug] shut down unneeded ports in Gentoo?

[Bob Miller]

Rob Hudson wrote:

> I ran nmap on a server of mine and found a few open that I'd rather not 
> be open (the ones with "filtered" in the list)...  How can I shut those 
> down in Gentoo?
> 
> 22/tcp   open     ssh
> 25/tcp   open     smtp
> 80/tcp   open     http
> 135/tcp  filtered msrpc
> 139/tcp  filtered netbios-ssn
> 445/tcp  filtered microsoft-ds
> 993/tcp  open     imaps
> 4444/tcp filtered krb524

On the box in question, run "netstat -pant" to find out what program
has each one opened.  The name of the program is at the far right.
Then use rc-update to disable each service.  And then stop the service
by typing "/etc/init.d/<servicename> stop".

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com                     kbob at jogger-egg.com