[NCLUG] I was hacked!

[Rob Gorman]

I've wondered about portmapper.  I have noticed (on RH installs anyway) that
even though I have deselected the NFS and NIS installs, portmapper still
gets activated.

I have always turned it off because I couldn't figure out any other reason
for being there.  Why does it get installed when you don't install NFS or
NIS?

-rob

on 12/30/00 1:47 AM, J. Paul Reed wrote:

> 
> I may be missing something, but is there a reason you have portmapper on?
> Are you using NFS (Not-Fscking-Stable) or NIS (Network-Insecurity-System)?
> 
> If not, portmapper can probably go bye bye.
>