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Article #64Re: UUCP Question - Hopefully very simple
From: Jorge Cwik
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1994 12:11
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1994 12:11
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tvmyers@koicds01.icdc.delcoelect.com (Thomas V. Myers) writes: > >| Is their a simple way that when my machine dials out, it shows its > >| name as "EFG" instead "ABC". For business reasins, I cannot change ... > > > Because this ability can be used to forge a connection to a remote > > machine, I suggest that people not provide this information. > > If I wanted to 'forge a connection' to a remote machine, I would simply > change my own hostname if necessary. I believe that most (all?) uucp implementations have some way to relate passwords to hostnames. So, forging can be easily avoided. And to agree with Thomas, as much documented is the system, the more secure it is. In this particular case, if the sysadmin knows how a hostname can be 'forged' and how to prevent this forging, he can implement the security measures needed. Jorge
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