From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 16:38:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA28459 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA28433 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:38:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA15594; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:37:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971205163751.03734@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:37:51 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Jaye Mathisen Cc: Jim Bryant , ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnet Root access References: <199712052035.OAA00812@unix.tfs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: ; from Jaye Mathisen on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 01:40:00PM -0800 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jaye Mathisen scribbled this message on Dec 5: > > > > man su > > > > I'm not sure how I see su helping. If he has to telnet in as a normal > user, then su to root, he still has to send the root password in the > clear. what it prevents is brute force password attempts to directly break root's acount... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD