From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 7 14:53:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA25981 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:53:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA25959 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:52:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA19077; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 22:39:48 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199710072139.WAA19077@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Todd \"Taco\" Hansen" cc: Brian Somers , Tim Moony , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP insuecure??? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 06 Oct 1997 18:46:47 PDT." <34399487.237C228A@mad.scientist.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 22:39:48 +0100 From: Brian Somers 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)? It was fixed on September 4. I didn't up the version number ;^) > -- > 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 -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....