[ILUG] Fixing Telnet Vulnerability on RH7.0

[Kenn Humborg]

> Hi.
> Thanks to several people for clarifying setup for ssh2.
> I can now ssh2 in from home.
> 
> Now how do I prevent bad guys from exploiting telnet vulnerability on my
> work box?
> 
> I have disabled telnet & (wu-)ftp in /etc/xinetd.d/ & restarted xinitd.
> Should I zap anything else?

You could remove the telnet and FTP servers altogether:

   # rpm -e telnet-server wu-ftpd

Later,
Kenn