Thread: close open ports
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supergrapeman is offline supergrapeman
2007-08-13 , 21:32
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#8
Originally Posted by adammelancon View Post
Yep, leave it, this is "linux land", not "windows world". You can set aside your paranoia and just enjoy your new gadget.
okay.. but we shouldn't get too complacent, either Linux has flaws, too.

it's still good practice to ensure any ports that you don't need open are closed. Why port 53 is open, I don't know. I don't see why the n800 needs to run a DNS *server*?