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Re: Secure setup for file transfer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Panzer Boy)
Wed Mar 8 03:56:40 1995
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From: panzer@dhp.com (Panzer Boy)
Date: 7 Mar 1995 17:55:54 -0500
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From: panzer@dhp.com (Panzer Boy)
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Subject: Re: Secure setup for file transfer
Date: 7 Mar 1995 17:51:34 -0500
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Joseph S. D. Yao (jsdy@cais.cais.com) wrote:
: If they're all on a net, one way that's been used is to use the
: hardware ethernet address [MAC?] on the ethernet board. I don't know
: whether the other network types have unique hardware addresses on
: board.
MAC addresses are easy to change on 99% of the boards out there.
HOSTID's are easy to change on Suns, as there are a few programs to even
automate this task for you.
How about we stick to linux security on this list. For starters people
should read bugtraq also.
OB linux-security, SVGAlib with convfont being SUID root. Allows you to
write any files as root.
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-Matt (panzer@dhp.com) DI-1-9026
"That which can never be enforced should not be prohibited."
