Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 13:59:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: mlduke@concentric.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113135756.2620A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113130244.239D-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 mlduke@concentric.net wrote: > All the recent traffic about security and perps has reminded this newbe of > a scary screen message or two. On boot up I get: > > can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.secret > Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret > Warning: All manipulation allowed by anyone in the world > > "ppp.secret" does not exist but "ppp.secret.sample" does what this means is that anyone can telnetin on port 3000 (3001?) and get a ppp> prompt, so they could disconnect your connection or do other insidious things. Using ppp.secret, you can passowrd-protect this interface. It's format is: <username> <password> <valid netmasks> > the sample reads: > > Oscar OurSecretKey 192.244.184.34/24 > BigBird X4dWg9327 etc .33/32 > tama LocalPasswdForControl > > My question is, does "Oscar" and "BigBird" and "tama" have system meaning? No. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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