Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (174 mails)

["Torsten Behle" <tbehle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Do I need to have the
> > > ident daemon on port 113 running?  That port is currently open on
> > > the external interface on my firewall.
> >
> > No. None of the usual services depends on the ident daemon.
>
> This is not totally correct. I had port 113 disabled (&logged) a long
> time. I got denys during FTP transfers nethertheless FTP worked.
> But there are some FTP-Servers, which need the port open, else no
> connection will be made.

I think the question also involved: If *yes*, how secure is it?
(And: If *not secure*, is there a way to secure it?)
Does anyone have information on that?

Torsten Behle
FCB/Wilkens Hamburg