Re: Linux login security approaches
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Mon, 07 Dec 1998 18:28:42 -0500
In message <19981207144143.A19454@knt.terra.vein.hu>, Lenart Gabor writes:
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| I mentioned that Linux has got a weak point : every user can write a fake
| login program and even the system administrator can think that it's mgetty
| and type the root password :( This kind of Trojan programs can be preceded.
| We should define a key combination which is unmaskable by ANY process, and
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man setserial
Take a look at the "sak" option.
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carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
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