On Apr 18, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Kurt H Maier <
khm@sciops.net> wrote:
As it stands, on an unconfigured 9front:
7/tcp open echo
9/tcp open discard
19/tcp open chargen
21/tcp open ftp
23/tcp open telnet
25/tcp open smtp
53/tcp open domain
110/tcp open pop3
113/tcp open ident
143/tcp open imap
513/tcp open login
993/tcp open imaps
995/tcp open pop3s
this is super grody.
This, too, is still a problem:
sl
Ah, I am still on the labs distort (sorry) - they used to prefix all the scripts in /rc/bin/service (and /rc/bin/service.auth) with a hash to make it invalid and thus disable that listener. To enable the service
The administrator then has to rename the entries they want to enable.
Perhaps that is different on 9 front.
I agree that listen can get over-excited starting server processes - I used to run many services facing
The sewer, sorry, internet, and script kiddies could bring listen down by hammering it. I have a distant memory that Erik changed his listen to restrict the number of children (perhaps per service) that it would start.
-Steve