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RE: [cobalt-users] Telnet - Access Denied Message
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Telnet - Access Denied Message
- From: "Colin J. Raven" <cjraven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Jan 19 06:48:26 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
<snippo>
>You could also modify /etc/inetd.conf so that whenever someone
>"telnets"
>port 23 they automaticly get /bin/badsh but I don't reccomend it for
>security reasons.
Zeffie, would you please comment on the reasons that such actions
represent a security risk?
I could see changing the "Cobalt Server" part, after all, why announce
what could be the "keys to the castle" for Johnny Hacker.
Beyond that, I don't know enough to truly understand the implications
from a security standpoint.
Regards,
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven