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SubjectRe: Linux login security approaches
Hi,

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:41:43 +0100, Lenart Gabor
<lgb@hal2000.hal.vein.hu> said:

> Some hours ago we had a discuss on Linux security, here at the University.
> I mentioned that Linux has got a weak point : every user can write a fake
> login program and even the system administrator can think that it's mgetty
> and type the root password :( This kind of Trojan programs can be preceded.
> We should define a key combination which is unmaskable by ANY process, and
> login procedures should begin by pressing this combo.

It is called "secure attention key". For serial logins, you get a SAK
by sending a break (assuming you have enabled SAK: "man setserial").
For console logins, you need to enable alt-sysreq when you compile the
kernel, and "alt-sysrq-k" is the SAK key (see
linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt).

--Stephen

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