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> References: <1063399454.293.5.camel@rsealslaptop.magellanhealth.com> <20030912223142.GC68304@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <1063636531.287.2.camel@rsealslaptop.magellanhealth.com> <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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