Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:43:14 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Enabling all available ttys if available console Message-ID: <20151019174314.GA86565@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20151019171215.GX15305@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 05:12:15PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For several months now, I have been contemplating enabling all active
> ttys on the system by 1) changing the defaults from std.9600 to 3wire,
> and 2) setting ttyu{0,1,2,3} from 'off' to 'onifconsole'.
>
> The only drawback to doing this that I can think of is it could open
> a potential attack vector, however this would require physical access to
> the system.
>
> The benefit to doing this is the system would be accessible via ttys
> other than ttyu0 by default, which unless there is someone with local
> access to the system, is painful for administrators to gain console
> access remotely by default.
>
> Are there objections to changing the default, or have I missed something
> larger in this proposed change?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Glen
>
That would save a lot of pain in production servers, where different
manufacturers means differents ports available etc.
Big +1 for me.
best regards,
Bapt
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