Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!paperboy!hsdndev!bbn.com!papaya.bbn.com!rsalz From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Limiting Telnet Access Keywords: 3b2 telnet Message-ID: <3624@litchi.bbn.com> Date: 7 Jun 91 02:01:55 GMT References: <27103@adm.brl.mil> <1991Jun4.230509.3655@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Organization: BBN Systems and Technology, Inc. Lines: 8 What is to stop somebody from entering the code to BSD telnet and running it on their machine? Telnet client needs no root privileges. "Can't be done" is the only real answer to this question. /r$ -- Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net. Use a domain-based address or give alternate paths, or you may lose out.