Security for a first timer
Dexter Ang
thepoch at gmail.com
Mon Sep 6 13:59:46 UTC 2004
In addition to what the others said:
> rpcidmapd 0:on 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:on
--> missed something that seems to be related to nfs i believe. or at
least rpc/portmap.
> kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> you can turn this off if you don't change hardware too often. and
you don't plug in any usb camera's or flash drives or burners, etc.
> sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> you said you didn't need ssh, turn this off.
> cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> does your cpu support auto throttling of it's speed (ie power
management?). if not, turn this off.
> gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> do you need mouse support in the console? if not, off.
> irqbalance 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> i may be wrong, but this is supposed to be for multi-processor
machines. if you only have 1 cpu, turn it off. any comments on this
one? as far as i've read it's for smp machines.
> cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> do you print or share a printer? if not, off.
> atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
--> do you need one-time scheduled commands? if not, off.
of course my comments are to be acted upon after a little bit of
research to confirm my comments regarding the services and their use,
as well as your own machine.
good luck!
dex
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