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Re:Sockets in Your Shell by ktpsns on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:37AM (#25288248)
This won't enhance security, if your shell allows arbitrary commands. A firewall helps.
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Re:Sockets in Your Shell by augusto-moura on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:46AM (#25288315)
Yes! Having netcat or telnet on the system already invalidates the disable
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Re:Sockets in Your Shell by jagged-chisel on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:47AM (#25288319)
A reduction in malicious avenues is always welcome.
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Re:Sockets in Your Shell by tyingq on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:52AM (#25288347)
A lot of things to chase though. Lots of installed-by-default stuff like Perl and Gawk do sockets.
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