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| From | Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.security.misc |
| Subject | Re: Terminals in X Window System. |
| Date | Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:11:40 +0000 |
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peter@easthope.ca writes: > Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote: >> It gives me >> m@ryz:~$ xterm localhost >> xterm: No absolute path found for shell: localhost >> >> Is that what you ran? > > Correction: I should have asked, is "telnet localhost" less secure > than "xterm"? They do different things, so it’s not clear why you’d compare them. >> telnet offers you to login if a telnet server is running. > > In Debian, > # grep ^telnet /etc/inetd.conf > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/telnetd -E /bin/bash > > Nobody other than me has an account on the system. I authenticate > after the system boots or when returning after logout. Neither "telnet > localhost" nor "xterm" asks for a password. A telnetd without a password will allow lateral movement from other UIDs. - https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
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Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-12 06:41 -0700
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-03-12 17:08 +0100
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-12 19:31 +0000
Re: Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-13 08:28 -0700
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-03-13 20:10 +0100
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-13 21:38 -0500
Re (2): Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-14 13:09 -0700
Re: Re (2): Terminals in X Window System. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-14 21:04 +0000
Re (3): Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-16 08:21 -0700
Re: Re (3): Terminals in X Window System. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-16 16:13 +0000
Re: Terminals in X Window System. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2025-03-19 15:52 +0000
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-13 21:11 +0000
Re: Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-23 11:23 -0700
Re: Terminals in X Window System. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-23 19:34 +0000
Re (2): Terminals in X Window System. peter@easthope.ca - 2025-03-23 22:02 -0700
Re: Terminals in X Window System. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2025-03-26 06:02 +0000
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