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12.2. Specific software

12.2.1. proftpd is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Add DenyFilter \*.*/ to your configuration file, and for more information see http://www.proftpd.org/bugs.html.

12.2.2. After installing portsentry, there are a lot of ports open.

That's just the way portsentry works. It opens about twenty unused ports to try to detect port scans.