From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 28 01:14:14 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA18454 for current-outgoing; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:14:14 -0800 Received: from apollo.COSC.GOV (root@apollo.COSC.GOV [198.94.103.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA18448 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:14:07 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id BAA02385; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:12:49 -0800 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:12:48 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: Terry Lambert , joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: schg flag on make world in -CURRENT In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > > 2) Your pty must be marked "secure". Currently, it is marked as > > > "network", mostly because networks aren't secure. Since you > > > can't pick your pty, you pretty much have to lett all of them > > > in. Be sure to put "Welcome, system crackers!" in your login > > > prompt in gettytab. 8-). > > > > So that's it, the pty must be secure but I can't really control > > that since I thought you can't telnet or rlogin into a secured pty. Not a > > bad idea for the login prompt =) > > > > All "secure" means is that it is considered to be a secure means > (ie. untappable) of connecting to that site. For instance, I would imagine > that a machine sitting behind a very good firewall could have its pty's > considered "secure", which would allow you to have all you machines on the > local, behind-the-wall, network "open" to each other > > Usually, a "secure" line would be a leased line between two > points, where the line is nice a shielded from any outside eavesdropping... > which, nowadays, doesn't exist, does it? (rhetorical question, please don't > answer? :) ) I thought secure just meant no remote logins as root ;) Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin