On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Eugene wrote about, Re: Remote hosts file:
> > Ah!, i see, now i understand, the penny did not drop
> > when i read your first
> > mail. I have never used any program like that
> > because i was taught never to
> > use programs which invite the unworthy in, what you
> > are doing is inviting
> > the world into your machine.
>
> It is not like that at all!!!
> The following is what I understand by .rhosts:
> The 'worthy' are selected beforehand on basis of
> trust. Noone else can access the machine. This file
> (.rhosts) does not open the machine to the rest of the
> world! It only enables those individuals, whose
> userIDs are present in the local system, to access the
> machine from remote hosts specified, skipping the
> password stage when logging in. In other words, if
> you don't have an account on my machine, you are
> banned from access "even if you say 'please'".
> I am not crazy enough to let anyone know the root
> password, but for the users with limited set of
> permissions this should work fine.
You dont have to be crazy, you have to be carefull, any program of that
sort is a security risk, if you read the manual for routed you will see how
someone can get into your system just by watching your traffic.
If you want to use a .rhosts file then why not use ssh, its 90% safer than
what you are doing. Anyway its your network, you do what you want, i and
the documentation have warned you.
> >
> > Whats easier than typing;
> >
> > Welcome to Linux 2.2.13
> >
> > Ronald Login: User <enter>
> > Password: MyPassword <enter>
> >
> > Ronald:~$
> >
>
>
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> <|>
> Eugene
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