[oclug] firewall noises

Joe Burpee burkby at burkby.com
Thu Mar 22 18:06:43 EST 2001


Trevor Curtis wrote:
> I was having problems with irc clients because I blocked port 113.
> I've opened it up and things ran fine.  Are there security risks by
> keep this port open?

There are risks to running any services.  There are unnecessary risks to
running unnecessary services.  Is identd necessary for you?  It ain't
for me, and I doubt it will be.

Joe



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