Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:48:53 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a BSD identd Message-ID: <199907102048.WAA14139@gratis.grondar.za>
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> > Pidentd+DES _is_ useful in the situation you mention above. It is > > on average useless to most security folk, as it can also be used > > to obfuscate the problem. Crack root on the box, and identd is no > > longer trustworthy. > > You have an interesting point, however, once a user gains root > access, nothing on the machine should be considered trustworthy. Right - but ident is an "after the fact" tool; one which at the time you really need results is at its least trustworthy. I need that like an extra hole in the head. :-) M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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