Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 04:49:39 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Stanley Chan <stan@cyberec.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: how to restrict the telnet Message-ID: <20020324044524.G32288-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <3C9D9E14.3D384063@cyberec.com>
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Stanley Chan wrote: > Dear sir, I am using the FreeBSD 4.3 to run my webserver. Can you tell me how can I restrict anyone telnet to my machine except me. > Thanks & Regards > Stanley You could run the daemon (binary, application) known as telnetd or have it run itself on-demand via inetd (type `man inetd` for more information) but you must be aware, telnet is not very secure. At all. ;) Consider running sshd on your webserver and instead of telnetting your box ssh to it. There has been some discussion lately about vulnerabilities in OpenSSH (ssh is part of a suite if you will) so read archived posts to this list to keep up to date. Cheers, -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 PS. Also read `man passwd` if you insist on telnetting in. Users telnetting your webserver must provide a username and password. You could also use "rlogin" if the two machines "know about each other." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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