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From: sathya@ntd.comsat.com (Sathya)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: telnet security
Date: 22 Jul 1994 11:45:00 GMT
Organization: COMSAT Labs
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Distribution: world
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References: <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com> <30kh2o$8db@earth.cs.utexas.edu> <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com>
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In article <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com>, rpritz@panix.com (richard) writes:
|> Goran Devic (goran@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
|> : In article <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com>, richard <rpritz@panix.com> wrote:
|> : >what do i do to make an account not accessible from telnet or ftp? i
|> : >assume it's one of the /etc files.  i'm using freebsd
|> : >
|> : >thanks
|> 
|> this, alas, is beyond my present knowledge. can you point me to some more 
|> info?
|> 
|> thanks


Comment out the telnet entry in /etc/inetd.conf


Sathya
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