Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:59:22 -0800 From: "Michael Bryan" <fbsd-security@ursine.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xinetd vs. tcp_wrappers Message-ID: <199903261459220480.423A1371@quaggy.ursine.com> In-Reply-To: <199903261618.EAA16015@aniwa.sky> References: <199903261618.EAA16015@aniwa.sky>
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On 3/27/99 at 4:18 AM Andrew McNaughton wrote: >marker@trolldom.oss.uswest.net said: >> I have, however, been unable to get xinetd to >> >> 1) send me mail when someone touches my machines in a >> way i've not said is ok, > >Supposing someone is sniffing your network, and you are >reading your mail from another machine, does this mail >give away any otherwise unknown information about the >configuration of the machine? Why would you be doing an admin task over the network in the clear in the first place? My personal opinion is that every admin task should either be done on the console, or via a secure/encrypted communication channel, if at all possible. Michael Bryan fbsd-security@ursine.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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