Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007

> Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended
> to operate on a specific machine.  bootps and finger are likely
> examples.
>
> In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out
> unused services?

No, you would disable services through changing /etc/inetd.conf (read "man update-inetd") and stopping programs in /etc/init.d/.

Mumia W @earthlink.net