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Re: Mass Machine Login
From: Nick Owen <nickowen () mindspring com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:31:36 -0500
Adam Kane wrote:
Ryan Cummings wrote:-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Cummings [mailto:ryan.r.cummings () gmail com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:06 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Mass Machine Login I've been beating my brains out trying to find a solution for this but can't. Has anyone seen software or a script that will allow you to send a login to multiple machines at one time? Say for an entire room, for sake of an example, has 75 computers all on the same vlan and we would like to login to all the computers without touching each one of them individually with a specified username. RyanI feel having the same login/password on all 75 computers is a bad security practice. Are you talking about logging into all the computers via SSH or FTP or something like that or are you talking about having the computers automatically log in when booted?
Here's a thought (maybe not well thought-out ;): Could you set up a SSH 'gateway' box that acted as an SSH-agent for the other boxes and proxied requests to the other servers? So, the gateway box would have private keys for all the users on all the other boxes, which would only require key authentication. The gateway box would also require a password or strong authentication. Perhaps you could only allow SSH logins from the gateway IP or lock it down in some similar manner? Effectively the users login once to the gateway box and then have access to all the others. Does that make sense? Nick -- Nick Owen WiKID Systems, Inc. 404.962.8983 (desk) 404.542.9453 (cell) http://www.wikidsystems.com At last, two-factor authentication, without the hassle factor Now open source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikid-twofactor/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARN A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE - ONLINE The Norwich University program offers unparalleled Infosec management education and the case study affords you unmatched consulting experience. Tailor your education to your own professional goals with degree customizations including Emergency Management, Business Continuity Planning, Computer Emergency Response Teams, and Digital Investigations. http://www.msia.norwich.edu/secfocus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Mass Machine Login Ryan Cummings (Jan 20)
- RE: Mass Machine Login Joseph R. Gruber (Jan 23)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Adam Kane (Jan 24)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Brian Loe (Jan 25)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Bradley (Jan 25)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Nick Owen (Jan 25)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Adam Kane (Jan 24)
- Re: Mass Machine Login lonely wolf (Jan 23)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Jon Hart (Jan 23)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Ryan Cummings (Jan 23)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Alexander Klimov (Jan 23)
- RE: Mass Machine Login Tony Carter (Jan 24)
- Re: Mass Machine Login Vihang Dudhalkar (Jan 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Mass Machine Login Jamie Crawford (Jan 20)
- RE: Mass Machine Login Joseph R. Gruber (Jan 23)