[1142] in bugtraq
Re: Re[2]: snooper watchers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fast forward futurama)
Wed Mar 1 13:41:31 1995
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:31:44 -0500
From: fast forward futurama <jna@concorde.com>
To: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk, proff@suburbia.apana.org.au,
rnayfield@mail.iconnet.com
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net, jna@concorde.com
Well, once again we're back to my original statement. If you've pulled
/dev/nit out (or hell, set the proper permissions on all the /dev/nit's in
the building and encased all of your network cable in solid steel or some
millitary-style pressurized-glass-tube nightmare, you still should make
sure that someone can't get root!
This is a stupid topic. If we're being this paranoid about the cables
themselves, start using Kerberos. Start Encrypting. Who gives a hoot about
the kernel and /dev/nit when the person has root on your system?
-john
