piper@star.DEC.COM (Hobbit) (10/28/86)
> Just a comment to the ALLOCATE-command: > > If You add the following line in Your SYSTARTUP.COM for all terminal > lines, then everybody may allocate currently unused terminals: > > $ SET PROTECTION=W:RWLP/DEVICE TXnn: If your site is security conscious you might not want to allow non-privileged users to allocate unused terminals. That leaves you open to the hacker who allocates a terminal and then writes a trivial program to fake a login sequence. See section 5.3.1.1 of the VAX/VMS Guide to System Security for more information on restricting terminal usage. Derrell Piper Digital Equipment Corporation 110 Spit Brook Rd. Nashua, NH 03062