Hi everybody,
I would like to know which port I have to close to be secure when I am connecting to the Net with my ppp0 connexion. I already run a Firewall: Ipchains but I use nmap and I find the following ports opened:
Starting nmap V. 2.53 by fyodor@insecure.org (
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
(The 1495 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service Owner
1/tcp open tcpmux root
7/tcp open echo root
9/tcp open discard root
11/tcp open systat root
15/tcp open netstat root
21/tcp open ftp root
23/tcp open telnet root
37/tcp open time root
79/tcp open finger root
113/tcp open auth nobody
119/tcp open nntp root
138/tcp open netbios-dgm root
139/tcp open netbios-ssn root
512/tcp open exec root
515/tcp open printer root
540/tcp open uucp root
1512/tcp open wins yvesbis
2000/tcp open callbook root
2001/tcp open dc root
6000/tcp open X11 root
6001/tcp open X11:1 root
6667/tcp open irc root
12345/tcp open NetBus root
31337/tcp open Elite root
32771/tcp open sometimes-rpc5 root
32772/tcp open sometimes-rpc7 root
32773/tcp open sometimes-rpc9 root
32774/tcp open sometimes-rpc11 root
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 3 seconds
I am looking to close all the ports but I want to be able to login to my linux box too.
I start my linux box on runlevel 5 with gdm + gnome on Redhat 6.2 AMD-K6-II i586