Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:38:20 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Beta question - initial install of packages To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Message-ID: 1175423900.13599.88.camel@myth.home.local Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

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<Even with the mostly conservative default <settings, having services on your machine that you will never use makes <your machine ripe for break ins and a root kit.

Amen. I have been installing Red Hat Linux (and now CentOS) since RH 7. After installing, I am always astonished at the unneeded services that upstream has running. Check services, after installing and stop the services you do not need!