From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 6 18:21:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA65A37B9D0 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:21:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e371lK327747; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:47:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:47:20 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: James , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the telnet and uname output Message-ID: <20000406184720.L22104@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000407040954.B11782@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:09:54AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Giorgos Keramidas [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