RE: [ILUG] Fixing Telnet Vulnerability on RH7.0

From: Kenn Humborg (kenn at domain bluetree.ie)
Date: Fri 25 May 2001 - 13:35:11 IST


> 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



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