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Re: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1
From: covingto () NADN Navy MIL (Michael J. Covington)
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 08:03:40 -0400
Login will hide you from finger, but it does not remove you from being seen through "w" or "who"... When you "login" after you have logged-in, you overwrite your current tty with a new one, therefore removing the original location through which you came into the system. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael J. Covington | E-Mail: covingto () nadn navy mil | | Computer Specialist | Phone: (410) 293-1410 | | United States Naval Academy | | | Annapolis, Maryland | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
From owner-bugtraq () fc net Thu Jun 1 22:19 EDT 1995 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:57:28 +0059 (EDT) X-Ph: V4.3@bambam From: David Sacerdote <DSacerdo () world std com> Subject: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1 To: bugtraq () fc net Mime-Version: 1.0 I recently noticed that running login (no arguments) once logged in, and providing it with your username and password would hide one from finger requests under SunOS 4.13u1. Has anybody else noticed this, under SunOS, or other unix variants? David Sacerdote
Current thread:
- Re: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1 Michael J. Covington (Jun 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1 Paul (Jun 03)
- Windows 95 Espionage ( ?? ) Bernd Lehle (Jun 06)
- Re: Windows 95 Espionage ( ?? ) Tatu Ylonen (Jun 06)
- Windows 95 Espionage ( ?? ) George Mullins (Jun 06)
- Re: Windows 95 Espionage ( ?? ) Christopher D. Heer (Jun 07)
- Bugtraq stalled Scott Chasin (Jun 28)
- ANNOUNCE: Freely available TTY monitoring/control program Mike Neuman (Jun 28)
- Windows 95 Espionage ( ?? ) Bernd Lehle (Jun 06)
- Re: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1 Colin Jenkins (Jun 06)