Open Ports

[preacherman481]

I'm using Mandrake Linux 8.2 under KDE 2.2.2.
After running Nmap against my own system, I found three ports open:
111/tcp sunrpc
631/tcp cups
6000/tcp x11

Should I shut these services down, and if so how? Thanks.

[AngryBob]

sunrpc 111/tcp RPC bind server (rpcbind) port
631/tcp cups -->for your printer
xserver0 6000/tcp First X server port -->u need this to use x windows

for the 111 and 631 id block all ips-->firewall. i think shutting them off might not allow u to use them yourself-but i could be wrong. xserver and cups i dont think should even show up to an outside user, once again i could be wrong.

111 u will need blocked though.

to shut them off use your "ports" list and comment the ports out. i use BSD so idont know where your ports list is located...you can use the command
"locate ports" and it should help you to find what u need. PS i am not positive wait for some more posts. just hoping to offer a bit of insight