Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:32:45 +0100 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@require-re.42.org> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: no more pty's / lockout Message-ID: <19981120003245.A5204@matrix.42.org>
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Hi,
I just relized, that any user on a system can disable remote logins
completely by allocating all available tty's (with xterm p.ex.)
Since quite some boxes are remotely adminned, i think this is worth a
fix.
What about adding a fallback-no-tty-mode to telnetd ?
CU,
Sec
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