[Tfug] Open port question.

[Ken Steen]

> You may already know this, but if you're not using NFS (network file
> sharing), you don't need to run rpc.statd.
> 
 
Actually I did not know that.  My computer has a DSL ppoe connection to
the internet.  It is not connected to any other computers and I never
logon or connect to it from a remote location.  I probably don't need
all of the services that are running.  This is what nmap shows for open
ports:

9/tcp	   discard 
13/tcp   daytime 
25/tcp   smtp
37/tcp   time
98/tcp   linuxconf
111/tcp  sunrpc
113/tcp  auth
515/tcp  printer
1024/tcp rpc.statd
5432/tcp postgres

I'm not sure which of these services I can shutdown.  They are pretty
much the default Debian Woody services with the exceptions of linuxconf,
which I know I don't need, and postgres.  Can I remove any of the other
services?

Thanks,
Ken