Am Mo, den 10.05.2004 schrieb Rodolfo J. Paiz um 18:37: > Because it is needed by fam, which is needed by nautilus, which does have > RPC services which do need the portmapper. However, it has some major > improvements from previous portmappers to reduce the security risks (see > "man portmap"). However, unless there is a good reason for doing otherwise, > you should always block outside access to this service with your firewall=