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Date:      Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:09:54 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        James <jkelty@digital-impact.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to change the telnet and uname output
Message-ID:  <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <CPEEKAEIEILAHOOFPBOIIEJNCEAA.jkelty@digital-impact.com>; from jkelty@digital-impact.com on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 05:29:21PM -0700
References:  <CPEEKAEIEILAHOOFPBOIIEJNCEAA.jkelty@digital-impact.com>

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On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 05:29:21PM -0700, James wrote:

> How do I change the STDOUT uname and initial telnet output? i.e., just
> by telneting to my machine, people can tell what it is. I would rather
> have some sort of customized message. Can anyone help?

Security through obscurity won't save you much.  Oh, and disabling
telnet altogether is usually a good idea, if you hate it that others
might know what you're running by using it.  Use ssh instead :)

Ciao,
- Giorgos Keramidas


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