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Date:      Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:32:45 +0100
From:      Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@require-re.42.org>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   no more pty's / lockout
Message-ID:  <19981120003245.A5204@matrix.42.org>

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Hi,

I just relized, that any user on a system can disable remote logins
completely by allocating all available tty's (with xterm p.ex.)

Since quite some boxes are remotely adminned, i think this is worth a
fix.

What about adding a fallback-no-tty-mode to telnetd ? 

CU,
    Sec
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Ich habe mal eine Testmaschine nach einer Neuinstallation rebootet. Sie
blieb aber mit "No processors found" stehen. -- <Marcus@nero.rhein-main.de>

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