You really should not need this as the norm. I do this when I'm working on the ssh daemons, but thats about the only time. What I do is I enable it on a screwball port number, then use tcp wrappers to only allow access from my ip address and change the root password before I begin. In that way the opening is there while I may need it, and if I use the temporary root password, it won't do them much good unless they compromise the host I'm coming from. Afterwards I disable the service and change the root password back.
If you need this on as the norm, please at least use TCP wrappers to limit from where it can be accessed, and change any used passwords immediately after reestablishing control. On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:17:00 +0200, Kim B. Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A reasonable use for telnet is when the ssh deamon goes down, or isn't > started on bootup because of some configuration error... > > Yes, I know it isn't secure, but sometimes it can be the last resort... > > /kbn > > > > Dave Ewart wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On Thursday, 09.09.2004 at 08:13 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > >>Steve Kudlak wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I'll ask my friend what he does as the "just don't do x" or just get > >>>rid of x never seems like a good idea. If you try to connect with > >>>telnet rather than ssh to that box it just doesn't go through. > >>> > >>> > >>getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea. > >> > >> > > > >Quite so, as I suggested. > > > >Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any more? > >(That is a genuine question - as far as I can see, SSH is always a > >perfect replacement). > > > >Dave. > >- -- > >Dave Ewart > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford > >Cancer Research UK > >PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQFBQBL8bpQs/WlN43ARAr0TAJ9N340MHUdsbQV3iiW2rD4sXWNjEwCg4/wm > >yh0Fe7/G58Dgu+pKoSJAtGM= > >=hCDd > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > >Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > > > -- > "UNIX is user friendly, it's just selective about who its friends are." > --Unknown > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
