Open (external) port after (default) install?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 05:15:49AM +0100, Jaime wrote:

> There was a thread last week all about whether Ubuntu needs a firewall,
> and a number of people mentioned that it wasn't necessary because no
> (external) ports are open after a standard install.
> 
> I've just done a standard install and nmap tells me that port 111 is
> open. Also, "sudo netstat -nltp | grep -i 111" tells me that it's due to
> portmap, which I _think_ is dragged in by fam.
> 
> Just thought I'd mention it.

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505

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 - mdz