Re: Securing the root account

[Terry Lambert]

] > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to
] > rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more
] > security.
] 
] How is that anything other than security through obscurity?

I agree that this is a bad idea from a security standpoint.

However, it could be a useful thing to do, in terms of being
able to "rebadge" FreeBSD for, say, and embedded system;
that really begs the question of "open box" vs. "closed box",
and how useful a rebadging process would be, if you were to
permit root access.


                                        Terry Lambert
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