[cobalt-users] Telnet

["Franklin S. Werren" <fswerren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

I agree.... there is no reason to give telnet access to a
Linux box, or RAQ server.... A good system admin or assistant
will be willing to help out a user.

A user should only have FTP access, and sometime chmog
depending on the RAQ and the user trust.

1 There is a real good user interface on the RAQ's

2 On a RAQ 1 system as shipped from Cobalt the passwd file is NOT SHADOWED!
   give me telnet or cgi- access and I could have your passwords.
   A little longer I could have RAQ2 and 3's needed info to change things.

3 Some users want privacy, no spam e-mail or User Data Base to retrieve.

I mirrored a security site on linux at www.bagpipes.net/security  by Keven
Fenzi
it is a good read especially for new Cobalt owners. His site went down but
I had copied it for reference... It is slightly dated... but you get the
Idea.

With Linux becoming real popular among users vs Windows I see a time
when there will be just as many Linux security patches as there is with
windows
because some of the bad boys will figure out how to exploit a hole in Linux
Red Hat 6 is the same basic OS as the Cobalt OS and lots of
Mall stores are now carrying it, I even saw Red Hat 6 in Sams Club...
(I also include Mandrake and Suse in that category)

Cobalt will have to get off there high horse and address these issues of
security and
not say "Updates will Void your Warranty"


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