Hi, I noticed systemd is listening on port 111. is it okay to disable this port?

April 29, 2018 719 views
Security DigitalOcean Firewall Load Balancing CentOS
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I have created a fresh Centos 7 droplet. I noticed systemd is listening on port 111. is it used for any specific purpose by digital ocean? what are the consequences of disabling the port?

droplet was created with option of private networking

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ryanpq MOD May 1, 2018

Port 111 is rpcbind and it would be recommended to firewall it off if it's not being used. There should be no negative consequences to setting up a firewall to block this port.

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