From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 6 18:50:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA15860 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:50:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from jaguar.atcg.com (rh173-26.reshall.ucsd.edu [128.54.173.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA15807 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from taco@mad.scientist.com) Received: from jaguar.atcg.com (localhost.ucsd.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by jaguar.atcg.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id SAA01348; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <34399487.237C228A@mad.scientist.com> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 18:46:47 -0700 From: "Todd \"Taco\" Hansen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Somers CC: Tim Moony , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP insuecure??? References: <199710070107.CAA07225@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Somers wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to prevent someone from telneting to ijPPP's port and > > learning what the login script is? I know recompiling the code is a > > solution but it's not 100% bullet proof. > > > > What else can one do? > > Ppp won't open a server socket any more unless you've got a password > set. Check the latest docs (from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html). > There's a link there if you want to download & try the latest version > too. > what version (was this fixed in)? -- Todd Hansen, KD6YPS (Taco) taco@mad.scientist.com http://millenium.atcg.com/ "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive...it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it" - Declaration Of Independence