Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 May 1999 03:17:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Clear reboot? |
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On Mon, 17 May 1999, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > If this wasn't done correctly, within a day or so something would > appear on bugtraq on how to remotely reboot linux boxes. Effective > DoS or whatever. True, you could load a password via sysctl, but many > people wouldn't. I just don't think this is such a great idea...
How about making it unusable without a password. No password, no reboot packet. End of story.
-Dan
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