So sprach �Yura Gusev� am 2001-09-15 um 23:41:49 -0400 :
> On 16 Sep 2001, Florin wrote:
> 
> > > > Can you please disable root login by default.
> > > > PermitRootLogin no
> > >
> > > yikes .. if so, please make it dependent on 'msec' setting..
> >
> > like disabling root access in the 4th level of security, for example ?
> 
> Root shoud notbe able  login he shoud su. So you only need to protect
> "su". Also all services<1024 need to be chrooted.

Uhm, and why is it more secure for someone to telnet into a machine and
then su to root?

Alexander Skwar
-- 
How to quote:   http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english)
Homepage:       http://www.digitalprojects.com   |   http://www.iso-top.de
   iso-top.de - Die g�nstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen
                Uptime: 3 days 15 hours 17 minutes

Reply via email to