Is rpcbind needed on a normally running internet system?

[Dan Trainor - hostinthebox.net]

There was a secure portmap replacement that I was reading about a while 
back...  I want to say that DJB made it.  Does anyone recall the name of it?

Thanks
-dant

Eric Wagar wrote:

>>I have a RH9 box as a webserver, and after running nmap on it, I see
>>that rpcbind is running.  Do I need this?  What does it do?
> 
> 
> Ok, I found my RH Network and SA book. So, no, since I am not running
> anything needing a port to be mapped (nfs, etc.)
> 
> eric