Bug 16587 - RFE: Turn off dangerous services [Was: Add Network Servers option to custom install]
Summary: RFE: Turn off dangerous services [Was: Add Network Servers option to custom i...
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Preston Brown
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-08-19 17:42 UTC by Gene Czarcinski
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-01-09 16:44:39 UTC
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Description Gene Czarcinski 2000-08-19 17:42:54 UTC 
Some of the servers installed automatically by selecting NFS, Samba, etc.
in a custom install could present security problems.

Make the NEtwork Servers group visible rather than hidden and remove the
include from the other groups.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-08-21 16:00:42 UTC 
I think that all of the servers which could pose problems are not run by
default.

What do you think Matt?
Comment 2 Matt Wilson 2000-11-17 20:50:04 UTC 
This is something to be handled package by package.
Comment 3 Preston Brown 2001-01-09 16:44:28 UTC 
this is done in rawhide.
Comment 4 Brock Organ 2001-01-09 19:30:14 UTC 
Verified "customize firewall configuration screen" has  entry for "other"
services beside dhcp, ssh, Telnet and http.
Comment 5 Brock Organ 2001-01-09 19:32:26 UTC 
this was done in qa0109.0 test tree ...
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