Stop Bonjour from broadcasting ssh and sftp

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largely a copy-and-paste from http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070622210507844 ; Jun 25, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: delight1

  • After doing a backup, edit the following file:

    sudo vim /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist

Warning

This post is certainly obsolete...

  • In the editor, the goal is to delete these two lines:

    <string>ssh</string>
<string>sftp-ssh</string>

  • They should be found around lines 22 and 23. In vim, this is easily done by typing \ssh, then n until you are on the right line. Then type d2d to delete these 2 line. Finally issue wq! to save and quit.

  • Save the file and quit the editor. Then go to System Preferences » Sharing » Services, unlock it, disable Remote Login, and final re-enable Remote Login. You can check if things worked by using Bonjour Browser or some such similar app to be sure ssh/sftp no longer show up.

  • A simple grep -ir bonjour /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ gives:

    /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist:                  <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bld.bulletd.plist:                      <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.eppc.plist:                        <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileSyncAgent.sshd.plist:                       <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.echosvc.plist:                    <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.echosvc.plist:                    <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.lsarpc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.lsarpc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.netlogon.plist:                   <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.srvsvc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.srvsvc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.wkssvc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.msrpc.wkssvc.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.odproxyd.plist:                 <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist:                    <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist:                     <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist:                        <key>Bonjour</key>
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist:                        <key>Bonjour</key>
Binary file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/telnet.plist matches

    so, you may want to change these too.