[1158] in bugtraq
Re: Re[2]: snooper watchers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (System Administrator)
Thu Mar 2 15:52:18 1995
From: root@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (System Administrator)
To: jna@concorde.com (fast forward futurama)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:49:16 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk, proff@suburbia.apana.org.au,
rnayfield@mail.iconnet.com, bugtraq@fc.net, jna@concorde.com
In-Reply-To: <199503011631.LAA08277@galaxy.concorde.com> from "fast forward futurama" at Mar 1, 95 11:31:44 am
> 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?
It helps make things harder and can save you hassle. When supercomputer.swan
was broken into the last hacker check was for /dev/nit. Having seen no /dev/nit
we were not bothered in the next 30 minutes before we spotted the attack.
Its also good consideration for other users.
Alan
