Re: How do you stop !root logins from dialup connections

Robert Hanson (roberth@cet.cet.com)
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 23:54:28 -0700 (PDT)

logically i dont think that it is a good idea to eliminate as a
possibility, "the only way to get on a box, with admin privs" remotely
scenario.... so....

why not make a secondary programable remote bangroot login... so we could
call it anything we wished up to 8 chars.... just an idea anyways....

-rh

On Sun, 24 Sep 1995, Scott Henry wrote:

>
> >>>>> "K" == Kim Hendrikse <kim@nexial.nl> writes:
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> K> Any idea how to stop !root from being able to login from a dialup line? This
> K> should only be able occurr from an authenticated location, either dialup
> K> or from the ethernet (With filters).
>
> I've been asking for that for awhile (though I haven't bugged them
> recently). Maybe with more people wanting it...
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