On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 08:57 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > If you're not currently using ssh you could turn it off until such time > as you're going to start using it: > # service sshd stop > # chkconfig sshd off I should of course add that it's good practise to turn off *all* services that you're not actually using, particularly on an Internet- connected machine. You can try this to see what services are listening for incoming connections: # netstat -lp -A inet Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>