From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 31 14:37:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBF637B406 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:37:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f6VLbmZ84531 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:37:48 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:37:48 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extra Line in my inetd.conf Message-ID: <20010801093748.D80418@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010731162646.A5179@mikea.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010731162646.A5179@mikea.ath.cx>; from mikea@mikea.ath.cx on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:26:46PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:26:46PM -0500, mikea wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:14:11PM -0700, Hayden Katzenellenbogen wrote: > > I have noticed this line at the bottom of some of my inetd.conf files on a > > few of my machines.. it is though not commented out I have commented it out > > as well I have no idea what it does... > > > > any one care to shed some light on this? > > > > > > > > #dlip stream tcp nowait root /bin/sh sh -i > > It appears to be some sort of IP-locking protocol, to judge by > the smidgen of info I was able to find from a cursory Google. Any IP locking protocol that invokes an interactive root shell by telnetting to a port deserves to be removed. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message