Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)

Posted in 1997

Jack Parker — 2 Nov 1997 00:08:21 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

At 08:58 PM 11/1/97 +0000, you wrote: >> >.rhosts exist in each user's home directory. Anyone can write anything >and the UNIX system will consider it valid. (Milage will vary on >different UNIX systems which also have private lists of trusted sites.) .rhosts is ineffective unless the permissions are set correctly. At least under Solaris and HPux as I seem to recall. cheers j.