[SATLUG] Automatically close open ports after install

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Dubbs" <bdubbs at swbell.net>
To: <satlug at satlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SATLUG] Automatically close open ports after install


| Mike wrote:
| 
| > Is there a distribution that provides an install option where the 
| > machine doesn't have any servers running or any open ports after the 
| > install?  Is there anything that will automatically shutdown the open 
| > ports and remove the symlinks, etc. so that they won't be started up 
| > again?  Basically, is there something easy out there for Joe User who 
| > wants to install Linux, but who doesn't want any port open or any 
| > server running and who doesn't even want to think about using 
| > configuration tools or think about attempting to configure things 
| > after the install?? 
| 
| Most new ones do now.  Older distros did not, but that was a couple of 
| years ago.  Even so, you can compare to MS who lets macros for incoming 
| email do anything on your system by default.
|   -- Bruce
| 
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