Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out line the man come, and take you away.
You are either an idiot, or you are mocking the rest of us...
Too many services open... What we have here is a Linux server with *WAY* too many services open.
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Those are mostly mail related services.
You obviously do not understand that any open port can be hacked.
Think about it for a moment an you will get it.
On a server which is managing say a few thousand dollars a day, only that, would you run multiple additional unnecessary services if you were competent? I think not.
Now as far as exactly what each service is, I can detail them as well as you can.
You completely miss the point. The POINT IS many, many thousands of dollars per day are being handled by a server which has maybe 20 more ports open than it needs to do the SINGLE FUNCTION it should be doing. That is only one of two things INCOMPETENCE or NEGLIGENCE. That is it dude. That is it.
You want email service, do it elsewhere. You want SQL service, do it elsewhere. Ok, so you want SQL service... FINE FILTER IT. This server is offering services to the WORLD facing interface which it SHOULD NEVER OFFER.
I'm just saying.
What on earth are you babbling on about. Who said the services aren't needed? Who said it's even on the same server? Have you heard of NAT? These are common external facing protocols. Get a clue!