Subject: Re: protection against login trojans?
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
List: tech-security
Date: 04/06/2005 16:25:48
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:03:16AM -0600, Herb Peyerl wrote:
> >Is there any way to reset a UNIX getty (or could that be implemented?),
> >so that a user can be sure he's talking to getty and not to some 
> >trojan?
> 
> [...]  Try using s/key if it's truly a concern.

That would provide the trojan a one-time password which is *still valid*
as it has not been entered into a real login process yet.  

GH

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