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is amanda a part of a more general service that i should disable ?
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Amanda is a network backup package that allows multiple computers to be backed up regardless of the individual operating systems. It's very popular but totally unnecessary on a desktop machine like mine.
On the basis that I never knowingly run any background task that I do not need I personally would find a way to disable Amanda. Since I don't have it installed, I can't look on my system to find the necessary files for you and a google hasn't thrown much light on the matter. From what you say, it seems to be an exception to the norm in some way.
Of course, if you are not going to use Amanda, the ultimate solution is to remove it using apt-get. It doesn't get more elegant than not having it cluttering up your system in the first place.
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disabeling networking is a safe solution but too rigid, i think
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It rather depends on what you mean by "networking". I have a home network in the sense that my router allows my son's laptop to access the broadband modem, but I disabled NFS-common, RPC Portmapper and Samba as they are useless to me and each one represents open ports. The usual recommendation for hardening your system is that you run as few services as necessary. You can google to find what the various services do, then decide which ones you really want or need. The ones you don't can be disabled or removed.
Hope this helps
