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Date:      Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:09:58 -0500
From:      Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Enabling all available ttys if available console
Message-ID:  <1445285398.1810452.414565353.4CFD9C24@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151019171215.GX15305@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20151019171215.GX15305@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015, at 12:12, Glen Barber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For several months now, I have been contemplating enabling all active
> ttys on the system by 1) changing the defaults from std.9600 to 3wire,
> and 2) setting ttyu{0,1,2,3} from 'off' to 'onifconsole'.
> 
> The only drawback to doing this that I can think of is it could open
> a potential attack vector, however this would require physical access to
> the system.
> 
> The benefit to doing this is the system would be accessible via ttys
> other than ttyu0 by default, which unless there is someone with local
> access to the system, is painful for administrators to gain console
> access remotely by default.
> 
> Are there objections to changing the default, or have I missed something
> larger in this proposed change?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Glen
>

I hate later finding that serial console isn't working... I also would
appreciate it.


-- 
  Mark Felder
  ports-secteam member
  feld@FreeBSD.org



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