Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:08:02 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, steveb99 <steveb99@earthlink.net>, "'Subhro'" <subhro.kar@gmail.com>, "'Harald Schmalzbauer'" <current@schmalzbauer.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD display Message-ID: <20040909100802.GA50804@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20040908150048.GA64986@ei.bzerk.org> References: <b2807d0404090802585736e4e1@mail.gmail.com> <20040908133320.59CD543D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20040908150048.GA64986@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 05:00:48PM +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:33:03AM -0700, steveb99 typed: > > Thank you that was my motivation is security. Same as you don't > > display the last name that logged on, it gives a hacker half the info > > they need to crack an account. Displaying the OS helps a hacker know > > which approach cracking into a box. > > Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the line: > > #VersionAddendum FreeBSD-20030924 > > to something like: > > VersionAddendum GO-AWAY! > > than restart sshd. > > cheers, > Ruben Yes, this seems to work. Notice that this won't help OpenBSD people, as they are the only ones who do not have the "p" (for portable) in their OpenSSH version number. You'd still know they are running OpenBSD. :-) GH
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