[wplug] quick question

[Bryce Lynch]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Chris wrote:

> What is the best way to close open ports?   Such as X11(6000) and printer
> (515).

Start the X server with the command line option '-nolisten tcp'.

Either stop lpd (the line printer daemon) or set up /etc/hosts.lpd and
possibly IPchains or IPtables (depending on whether or not the system's
behind a fireall) to protect the daemon.

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