FRLinux <frlinux at gmail.com> writes:
> Slightly off topic but why actually firewalling it off instead of just
> shutting down the service one the box ? In my experience, firewalling
> from time to time is just not the ultimate answer.
I firewalled port 110 because there is no reason for any external
access to it. I didn't shut down the service because I haven't
confirmed (yet) that it doesn't serve some internal function.
Brendan
--
Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland
Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F2-025 x 3147
mailto:brendan.halpin at ul.iehttp://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
