From owner-freebsd-security Wed May 10 15:17:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from postal.linkfast.net (postal.linkfast.net [208.160.105.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B189D37B6DA for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 15:17:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@linkfast.net) Received: by postal.linkfast.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 436929B1A; Wed, 10 May 2000 17:17:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:17:46 -0500 From: Matthew Fuller To: Mike Silbersack Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" , Peter van Dijk , security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: envy.vuurwerk.nl daily run output Message-ID: <20000510171745.E61969@linkfast.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from silby@silby.com on Wed, May 10, 2000 at 04:42:54PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 04:42:54PM -0500, a little birdie told me that Mike Silbersack remarked > > See, I'm not sure that authorized_keys are user files, as they perform the > same function that system passwords do. And since ssh is now part of the > base system, they should be considered equal in importance to the password > file. Well, consider that authorized_keys files perform the same function as .rhosts. Would you propose doing the same for them? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@linkfast.net Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message