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- From: fitzgb@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald)
- Subject: Re: Multiple telnet security
- Message-ID: <ln41yyj@rpi.edu>
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <1992Nov24.022832.26339@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:34:17 GMT
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- lllowen writes:
- >I have been looking around for an answer to this, but have not been able to
- >find a definite answer. Are there any secrity problems with multiple
- >telnet sessions (from one machine, and then telnetting to another)?
- >Directly, I am curious about if an admin can set up the first machine to
- >record outbound telnet sessions to another machine; thus receive the echo
- >for login names, passwords, and anything else occuring in that session.
-
- In general, the superuser has access to all the data that the machine
- has, including the keystrokes, the ethernet packets, the files, and the
- data in all the processes.
-
- Brian
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