Interesting Question....

["Richard Zimmerman" <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I downloaded and ran a program tonight called "Nmap". This is a port scanner
that runs on Linux as well as other platforms. I did this to see how well I am
doing at securing the Linux box before I place it on the Internet.

I've gotten about the results I was expecting, but have two questions....

Port 640 / unknown? Does anyone happen to know what item(s) might run at port
640. I checked the /etc/services file but no luck....

Port 1024 / kdm? Any ideas?

    Since I'm running ssh on my machine I have disabled ftp, Telnet, rcp,
rlogin, etc. since I can transfer files via ssh.

    I've also added ALL:ALL to my /etc/hosts.deny file on the suggestion of a
howto I was reading... (Linux Security Howto) I realize I will need to edit my
/etc/hosts.allow file so I can access my machine from work, correct?

    Any help is appreciated....

    Richard

P.S. God willing I will have the Linux machine full time on the UPS & Internet
soon enough.... Also, I'm taking the 20th off from work so I have no excuse
(next to something major coming up) to prevent me from speaking about Webmin!

    I'm still looking for a good IP-CHAINS Howto file if you happen to have a
link to one! I'm really having a lot of problems understanding it!

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