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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2000 18:24:35 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: envy.vuurwerk.nl daily run output
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005101822480.28789-100000@achilles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000510171745.E61969@linkfast.net>

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On Wed, 10 May 2000, Matthew Fuller wrote:

> 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?

I don't use telnet/rshd/etc, so I don't care about them.  But in a
paranoid system, I suppose they would be tracked.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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