Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:59:00 -0600 (CST) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net Cc: jbryant@unix.tfs.net, ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet Root access Message-ID: <199712060059.SAA20429@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971205133906.21704J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> (message from Jaye Mathisen on Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:40:00 -0800 (PST)) References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971205133906.21704J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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> 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. > Seems like one of the encrypting telnet's, or ssh is the only real way... > Or only use root on the console. Perhaps because two passwords have to have been compromised for an intruder on an insecure console to gain entry. -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped
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