Oops, replied to Chris by mistake - meant to send it to the list

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:48 PM, bofh <goodb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Chris Dukes <pak...@pr.neotoma.org>
wrote:
>> If you don't manage the systems, the appropriate action would be to
>> open a ticket with those that manage the systems to start a dialog
>> about addressing your needs.
>
> Heh.  I'm in security.  At a previous place, a fortune 100 company, it
> took 1.5 years of pushing before the team managing the DMZ boxes
> finally got around to using ssh and killing telnet/rsh access.  And
> it's not like they're dumb folks - they've contributed code to
> sendmail, bash, amanda, etc, and even have stuff that's in openbsd's
> ports.  People just hate change, I guess.
>
>> If you've done that and it's a no go for whatever reason...
>> there's these spiffy things called
>> dancer's shell
>
> The dancer's shell actually look pretty interesting! :)
> Unfortunately, the current place has a very strong "if I didn't pay
> IBM for it, I'm not using it because I need support" mentality by
> management.  Unfortunately, to push killing telnet/rsh, I need
> management support.  *sigh*  So, I had hoped that there was a chance
> that openssh can use certs that are in ldap for authorized_keys
> (understanding the security issues behind that), but if not, then, oh
> well :)
>
>
> --
> http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
> "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity."
> -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation.
> "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or
> internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks
> factory where smoking on the job is permitted."  -- Gene Spafford
> learn french:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
>



--
http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
"This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity."
-- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation.
"Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or
internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks
factory where smoking on the job is permitted."  -- Gene Spafford
learn french:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4

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