OpenBSD has open ports in default installation
- by celil
I have been considering replacing Ubuntu with OpenBSD to improve the security on my local server. I need to have ssh access to it, and I also need it to serve static web content - so the only ports I need open are 22 and 80.
However, when I scan my server for open ports after installing OpenBSD 4.8, and enabling ssh and http at /etc/rc.conf
httpd_flags=""
sshd_flags=""
I discovered that it had several other open ports:
Port Scan has started…
Port Scanning host: 192.168.56.102
Open TCP Port: 13 daytime
Open TCP Port: 22 ssh
Open TCP Port: 37 time
Open TCP Port: 80 http
Open TCP Port: 113 ident
ssh (22) and http (80) should be open as I enabled httpd and sshd, but why are the other ports open, and should I worry about them creating additional security vulnerabilities? Should they be open in a default installation?
