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- From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: # of users allowed on ULTRIX workstation
- Keywords: ULTRIX,#user-restriction
- Message-ID: <1992Aug10.205011.3494@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: 10 Aug 92 20:50:11 GMT
- References: <1992Aug7.202227.20738@panix.com> <1992Aug9.182843.28095@decuac.dec.com> <1992Aug10.141702.9609@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Organization: WINCO
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- In article <1992Aug10.141702.9609@tamsun.tamu.edu> zod@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
- >
- >I hate to get involved in religious wars, but might I suggest to your
- >code generators that it would be appropriate to make the "are you trying
- >to log in as root or ID 0 from an unsecure terminal" test BEFORE getting
- >a password. This is a SIMPLE change to the code and MUCH MUCH MUCH more
- >secure than letting someone guess at the password and then giving them
- >an indication of whether or not it was correct. I believe this would
- >satisfy both the security aware and the security sentient. Another way
- >to solve both these peoples problems would be to make the message
- >"not secure terminal" for either correct or incorrect passwords if the
- >user is trying to log in as root. Once again, this is a simple code fix.
- >
- >
-
- Better yet, make the message configurable. Then, if you don't like it,
- you can change it to whatever blows your hair back.
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