Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:09:54 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: James <jkelty@digital-impact.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change the telnet and uname output Message-ID: <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <CPEEKAEIEILAHOOFPBOIIEJNCEAA.jkelty@digital-impact.com>; from jkelty@digital-impact.com on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 05:29:21PM -0700 References: <CPEEKAEIEILAHOOFPBOIIEJNCEAA.jkelty@digital-impact.com>
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On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 05:29:21PM -0700, James wrote: > How do I change the STDOUT uname and initial telnet output? i.e., just > by telneting to my machine, people can tell what it is. I would rather > have some sort of customized message. Can anyone help? Security through obscurity won't save you much. Oh, and disabling telnet altogether is usually a good idea, if you hate it that others might know what you're running by using it. Use ssh instead :) Ciao, - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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