Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:02:28 -0500 From: David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: Lim Seng Chor <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my> Cc: david@banning.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet security question Message-ID: <20010527170228.B4092@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3B11271E.13364.8EF1A94@localhost>; from Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 04:22:39PM %2B0800 References: <200105270809.f4R89ZB01609@d.tracker> <3B11271E.13364.8EF1A94@localhost>
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I notice you didn't mention a firewall. What would be your reasons for the points you suggested versus a firewall, which was someone else's suggestion? On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 04:22:39PM +0800, Lim Seng Chor wrote: > > (1) Block the telnet packet to your destination host at your > router/gateway > (2) use tcp_wrapper + inetd, allow only access to telnetd from local > network > (3) using xinetd and block all non local subnet telnet request > (4) use /etc/login.access to block the non local login > (5) define your login class at /etc/login.conf > > you can use either one of the above according to your need. > if you have any questions or need any info/instruction how to do, > just ask. > good luck! : ) > > > On 27 May 2001, at 8:09, David Banning wrote: > > > Is there a way to allow users on our local area network to telnet into > > the server, but block telnet access to the server from the internet? > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- You have a tendency to feel you are superior to most computers. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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