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Date:      15 Sep 2003 15:12:37 -0500
From:      Ray Seals <rseals@vdsi.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Securing the FreeBSD Console by removing OS Version
Message-ID:  <1063656756.287.6.camel@rsealslaptop.magellanhealth.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030915184839.GC6885@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:48, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> You realise that if someone can log in to the system they can
> trivially discover the OS and OS version by querying the kernel?  As a
> "security measure" this change has zero benefit.
> 

Yes, uname -a will do the trick.  Here is what I wanted.  I did not want the version to pop up on the console after boot.

So I added the clear command to the /etc/issue.  So, I want the console to look like this after the system is up and booted:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

security mumbo jumbo

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Login:


Ray Seals <rseals@vdsi.net>



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