Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:24:04 -0500 From: "Timothy R. Platt" <timothy@hamptons.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell Account system Message-ID: <v04003a00b379024eb476@[204.141.112.245]> In-Reply-To: <37534264.6D29110A@tdnet.com.br.> References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906011139450.4443-100000@bragg>
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Install tripwire, it's in the ports. Better install a traffic logger, or better yet ipfw. You'll need them to log and report all the smurfs, fraggles, and synks you're going to get. Tim >Yeah, thanks, but the system is for anyone able to pay, so, you can say >i trust nobody. > >Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >> On Mon, 31 May 1999, Joe Gleason wrote: >> >> [Snip] >> >> Good advice, but running a shell account for people who you don't really >>trust >> is still not a wise move for the inexperienced, and not something you can >> easily document in a webpage. UNIX security is a way of life - there are any >> number of things which the unwary can trip over which could potentially >> compromise your machine. >> >> If it's for a small group of users who you trust fairly well, you >> probably should be okay, though. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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