Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:12:48 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- <vince@apollo.COSC.GOV> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: schg flag on make world in -CURRENT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951128011214.22740S-100000@apollo.COSC.GOV> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951127214203.10072C-100000@hub.org>
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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
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