[plug] telnet on Mandrake

[Craig Foster]

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I agree with the security features coming out in newer versions of Linux.
However, I think it was LinuxWorld which disagreed with Red Hat's decision
to copy Mandrake and OpenLinux in adding a non-root user upon first-time
installation for RH6.1.

I was kind of shocked to hear them preaching to newcomers that this is
unnecessary.

I've e-mailed the author with my thoughts, but we'll have to see whether
anything comes from this.

Now all we can wait for is an easier / prebuilt ipchains installation...

Regards,

Craig Foster

----- Original Message -----
From: Christian <christian at global.net.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] telnet on Mandrake


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> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Kenworthy Family wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >     I have just (well third time in three days) installed Mandrake 6.1
> > and have not killed it this time around.  I have a problem in not being
> > able to telnet into the box, either from another machine or using
> > localhost or the machine name to itself.  ftp works fine which
> > eliminates a lot of things - did it on each install, and last time tried
> > before I did anything else so looks like something set up in Mandrake.
> > Telnet connects then approx 10 seconds later disconnects - "remote host
> > closed connection" or similar.  Any ideas where to look as I cannot find
> > where such a restriction is set.
>
> It could be tcpwrappers: check /etc/hosts.allow and hosts.deny.  If
> Mandrake are setting this up by default then they should be congratulated
> for it -- it's about time someone shipped a mainstream Linux distribution
> in something that vaguely resembles a secure configuration.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian.
>
>
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