Re: Did I give up on telnet too easily?

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:40:11 +0200

In comp.os.linux.networking Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote:
> As you snip out the bit about "I give my attackers 15 seconds
> unencumbered by security to plant interesting things, then log them out
> unless they jump through my hoop: doesn't that scale well to more than 1
> user?"

> Just because you rely on doing a bit of obscure oddness doesn't mean
> that oddness wouldn't break down extremely quickly if more than a tiny
> percentage of people tried to use it.

> Folks? This guy's advice is almost as bad as Peter Breuer's: do not rely
> on his advice *at all*.

Hey! My advice is great! It's yours that is lousy, get it right! And
yes, I give people 30s to log out of the root account before the big
gun goes off real close to their head.

Peter

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