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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:12:38 +0100 (CET)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
To:        Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: telnet/ftp security
Message-ID:  <20020119180656.M55983-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEBFCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:

> I have telnet & FTP ID/PW access to my FBSD gateway/ipfw
> box from the internet. Are there any security holes in
> these two applications that would allow breaking into my system?

FreeBSD prior to 4.4-RELEASE has had a serious security flaw in telnetd
(see
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:49.telnetd.=
v1.1.asc).

If you run 4.4-RELEASE or 4.4-STABLE, there is no known problem.

Nevetheless, ssh/sshd seems to a better solution for you since no clear
text passwords have to transmitted here.

Best regards

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kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de


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