Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:37:51 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net>, ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnet Root access Message-ID: <19971205163751.03734@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971205133906.21704J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>; from Jaye Mathisen on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 01:40:00PM -0800 References: <199712052035.OAA00812@unix.tfs.net> <Pine.NEB.3.95.971205133906.21704J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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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
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