Close ports in linux

[Captain Carrot]

Hello,
I made a

netstat-a - inet

to see that bcp more open port that I want, I want to do that with port 80 ssh ftp and mysql. How can i do this, if you guys have any idea about this then please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[SoftWore]

Hello,
You can use iptables (firewall configuration manually). See 'man iptables' lea-linux.org or for more information. Otherwise you can use a firewall while is like shorewall, firestarter. But I think the best way is to use the iptables, this will surely help you. Also I recommend you to go through the man pages of the the iptables, because there are many option for this command you will get confused if you do not know them.

[NetworkeR]

Hello,
The question is how it reduce the number of open port visible from the outside or how to reduce the number of open port? In the first case, just as noted by the above post, activate the firewall and block access to port not desired. In the second case, one must question the source of the demons who listen to these different ports and close them manually (not ports, services).

[Gunner 1]

Hello,
I have a similar kind of a problem with the ports and the commands related to the ports under linux. My case is the second as it is posted above, but my problem is that I can not understand what has turned around the order

netstat-a - inet

What I have to do to eliminate unwanted services? Any help regarding this is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[cyber-noob]

Hello,
To find out which ports are listening and the application that uses them, just use this
For example

test @ ex% lsof | grep LISTEN
583 root 11u IPv4 master 0xc0da4000 0T0 TCP *: smtp (LISTEN)
XFree88 root 1u IPv4 882 TCP * 0T0 0xc0da413c: X11 (LIST

EN)
We see that two processes are listening on two ports and applications that have launched. I hope you have understood what I am trying to say.