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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > If I don't run telnetd sshd etc is there any security risk?

> Any security risk?  I don't think it's possible to
> be 100% secure on any system.  However, your risk
> of remote attack will be very small when you run
> no network daemons.  Remember though,  X does open
> a port (try running nmap on your ports when X is up)
> and I am not confident that there isn't some feature
> in Opera (for example) that couldn't be harnessed by
> an attacker.  For that reason, I do not go online as
> root.

99% of the time I go online with ssh to a shell account, or with lynx, or 
links (graphical or not).  I can 'su user opera' in the menu.

> From an rxvt I ran nmap and it said I have a port 6000:

6000/tcp open X11?

Is it dangerous to go online from a VT when x11 is running?


> Cheers,
> Steven