From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 9 16:24:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20459 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:24:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20454 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikebo@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (mikebo@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA19740; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:24:52 -0600 (CST) Received: (from mikebo@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id SAA02167; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:24:48 -0600 (CST) From: Michael Borowiec Message-Id: <199812100024.SAA02167@Mars.mcs.net> Subject: Re: Securing the FreeBSD console To: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:24:47 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199812091814.NAA02106@laker.net> from "Steve Friedrich" at Dec 9, 98 01:08:59 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve, et al. - > >Of course, physical access is everything. That's fundamental... However, > >xlock is SUPPOSED to provide a modicum of security. Otherwise it's just a > >screen saver, and then what's the point of it requiring a password?! > Uhhh... apparently I've pissed people off somehow - either by something I said, or the way I said it. If this is the case, I'm sorry. In no way did I mean to disparage anyone or suggest that I expected the group here to cater to me. I am an avid FreeBSD user; have used it since 386BSD. I think the purpose of the questions list is to be a forum for discussing technical facts about the OS, but also to float suggestions on how a great OS can be made better. We won't all always agree on these things, or on how the OS should ship on the CDs - but that doesn't make me a bad guy (moron, newbie, scrotum head, or any of the names I was called today). I still believe that the three-finger salutes should be disabled by default - but that's just one person's opinion. If I can contribute to the effort by documenting these holes, great! If someone would be so kind as to point me to the procedure for formatting and submitting the the documentation, I'll help out. I'll just go cry in my pretzels now... . :v) - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message