Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 12:05:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Neil Darlow <neil@darlow.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Internal auth defaults Message-ID: <20011020120418.Q49052-100000@db-cvad-1-tmp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011020.15122700@ideal.darlow.co.uk>
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On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Neil Darlow wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that the internal auth service provided by inetd.conf
> announces the OS as UNKNOWN.
>
> In the interests of additional information hiding, wouldn't it be wise
> to also add the -i switch so that uids are returned instead of names?
The fakeid option already exists, and is commented in inetd.conf
right next to the real one. If that's not enough, you might want to submit
a patch with better comments.
Doug
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September 20, 2001
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