From owner-freebsd-security Wed Dec 1 13:29:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from eddie.incantations.net (adsl-208-189-80-58.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [208.189.80.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B30C014C26 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:29:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thanatos@incantations.net) Received: from eddie.incantations.net (thanatos@eddie.incantations.net [208.189.80.58]) by eddie.incantations.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18577 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:28:17 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from thanatos@incantations.net) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:28:17 -0600 (CST) From: Jason Hudgins Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: logging a telnet session In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > ethereal? > > The problem with using the cracked box to watch itself is kind of obvious > given that your intruder has the same level of privileges as you do. You > really want to be doing this from a safe secondary system. And why is that exactly? Pardon me if I'm simply ignorant, but what is the "problem", and why would a secondary system be perferrable. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message