Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:19:15 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Jacco <jacco@lionsoft.xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Telnet on different port Message-ID: <20011030091914.D35710@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <LEEGJHDFDIEGNMNMDFNDCEBPEGAA.jacco@lionsoft.xs4all.nl>; from jacco@lionsoft.xs4all.nl on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 08:43:13PM %2B0100 References: <LEEGJHDFDIEGNMNMDFNDCEBPEGAA.jacco@lionsoft.xs4all.nl>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 08:43:13PM +0100, Jacco wrote: > For security reasons I would like to put the telnet access (telnetd) to > another TCP/IP port. > Could someone please tell me how to do this? or provide some url's of > relevant/interesting information? Security through obscurity. A way is to add a new service to /etc/services: faketelnet 5555/tcp #my own fake telnet address And to add it to /etc/inetd.conf: faketelnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd kill -HUP of your inetd and you have inetd listening on port 5555. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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