Talk about a security hole.
:)
Patrick
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> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of Roy
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 12:40 PM
> To: Jake Messinger
> Cc: John Vozza; Livingston Mailing List
> Subject: Re: (PM) PPPSmartAgent 1.0b5 available for open-beta
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> Its a massive security hole. Someone could telnet in and then get all
> the PPP debugging information without authenticating.
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> Jake Messinger wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, John Vozza wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I noticed that after using this program if you telnet to the
> PM3 it was
> > > used on the PPP debugging output is displayed even before you login!
> >
> > Right.
> > >
> > > Seems like the program doesn't clean up after itself very well.
> >
> > You have to set debug off. I consider it a feature that it REMINDS you
> > that you left the debug on, which slows down processing.
> >
> > Now, should the unit turn off debug if the console session is lost? Id
> > say, yes.
> >
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