Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:51:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> Cc: "Jeremy L. Ramirez" <jramirez@digicomsystems.net>, dev-null@ns1.digicomsystems.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: How to prevent motd including os info Message-ID: <XFMail.990912115113.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990912111958.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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Ack, err, sorry.. On 12-Sep-99 Will Andrews wrote: > > On 12-Sep-99 Ben Smithurst wrote: >> Jeremy L. Ramirez wrote: >> >>> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd -h >>> >>> what you are doing is adding the -h at the end of the line which prevents >>> a user from seeing the OS before even logging in. >> >> An even better way is to disable telnet completely, and use ssh like you >> should. Note that people can still use nmap or something to guess at >> your OS. I'm still amazed that some people still use telnet to any extent. ssh+RSA Authentication forever.. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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