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
