Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:02:39AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: I've heard it said that rlogin has security problems, but I don't understand why? And surely if there are problems, these would be fixable? Isn't Debian supposed to be extra security fix aware? the r* commands are flawed by

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-07 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:02:39AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use ssh, or telnet, if you must (although that's just as risky). I've heard it said that rlogin has security problems, but I don't understand why? And surely if there are problems, these

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-06 Thread Mark Phillips
Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 09:56:11AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-06 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaarrgh! Not the dreaded r-services! Don't allow them. Shut them off. They are evil, and a great source of amusement to all crackers. Use ssh, or telnet, if you must (although that's just as risky).

Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-05 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, I am a little confused about how the external services thing works. Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rlogind Now when is this file

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 09:56:11AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: Hi, I am a little confused about how the external services thing works. Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: login stream tcp