Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 01:47:00 -0500 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> To: Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Safe SSH logins from public, untrusted Windows computers Message-ID: <20020322014700.A21504@cowbert.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020322141921.29070I-100000@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>; from steve@cit.gu.edu.au on Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:21:02PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020322140057.29070G-100000@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au> <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020322141921.29070I-100000@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
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Then use sudo which requires someone to know your user account's password. On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:21:02PM +1000, Steven Goodwin wrote: > > Without wanting to prolong the wacky ideas thread too much further, how > > about using the screen port (/usr/ports/misc/screen). Logged on at a > > secure terminal, you could start a screen session, su to root, then detach > > (ctrl+a+d). When you are on travels, simply log in (using a particular > > method described on this thread) to your remote machine as the user that > > owns the screen session, re-attach the session (screen -r) and > > viola, root access without passwords. Simple, but useless if the remote > > machine has been rebooted while you were away. Wacky. > > > > Steve > > Oh yeah, you might also have an issue with leaving a root terminal > available to those that comprimise your user account. Ouch. > > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Peter C. Lai University of Connecticut Dept. of Residential Life | Programmer Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology | Undergraduate Research Assistant http://cowbert.2y.net/ 860.427.4542 (Room) 860.486.1899 (Lab) 203.206.3784 (Cellphone) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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