Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:54:46 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: khera@kcilink.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: FreeBSD Security tip Message-ID: <F262i5rWqBsJFHOdayx0000560f@hotmail.com>
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>CB> To prevent a potential snoop from looking at command logs or scrolling >CB> up IF at the local terminal (which is a security problem in and of CB> >itself) I set all users logoff scripts to delete their command log and CB> >clear the screen. > >Why not just set their shells *not* to keep the command log in the first >place? I would miss my scrollback buffer. ;-) It saves me quite a bit of time and I use is more frequently than probably any other non-critical feature of the command shell. On systems in which security is absolutely the most important issue, like DoD computers that store classified information, I would probably do that though. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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