Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:47:20 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: James <jkelty@digital-impact.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the telnet and uname output Message-ID: <20000406184720.L22104@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:09:54AM %2B0300 References: <CPEEKAEIEILAHOOFPBOIIEJNCEAA.jkelty@digital-impact.com> <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr>
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* Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> [000406 18:35] wrote: > 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 :) man gettytab -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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