Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:58:28 -0800 From: obrien@NUXI.com (David O'Brien) To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Cc: core@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: Shell Access Message-ID: <19970216165828.NN28029@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <19970216132031.XX10822@dragon.nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Feb 16, 1997 13:20:31 -0800 References: <19970216132031.XX10822@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien writes: > This is from CalWeb ISP in Sacramento CA. They were running 2.1-STABLE > on the shell account machines. They are now running 2.2-970207-GAMMA. > > This ISP's resonce to the setlocale vulnerability was to shut off shell > accounts for several days (and w/o notice to it's customers). Looking at this again, I'm afraid it could be a slant agaist CalWeb. It wasn't. Rather I was just passing along what one ISP felt nessicary to do in responce to things. I've also heard, the accounts were turned for about 24 hours. > -- forwarded message -- > Path: calweb!not-for-mail > From: rdugaue@calweb.com (Robert Du Gaue) > Newsgroups: calweb.general > Subject: Re: Shell Access > Date: 7 Feb 1997 15:49:30 GMT > Organization: CalWeb Internet Services, Inc. > Lines: 19 > Message-ID: <5dfiua$j37$1@news.calweb.com> > References: <32FADDA2.8FF@calweb.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: web1.calweb.com > X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] > Xref: calweb calweb.general:634 > > Steve Phariss (rebo@calweb.com) wrote: > : Can we have more details on the shell access??? > : > : Motd 02/07/97: > : > : > 02/07/97 Shell logins are disabled until a new security > : > release is made available. We appologize > : > for the inconvenience. > : > > : > : Any idea how long till access is going to be restored? > > A new security release for the OS is expected within the next > couple of days (rumor has it 'anytime', maybe today). > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com > President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- end of forwarded message --
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