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From: carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re: VMS Virtual Terminal Security Considerations
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Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 15:47:27 EST
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No!  You are WRONG.  There is one MAJOR disadvantage to system security in
using virtual terminals, vis.: if a job is logged in on a virtual terminal,
the accounting information for that job always points to the virtual terminal,
not to the physical terminal (anybody from DEC listening?).  Without the
pointer to the physical terminal, it is difficult (if not impossible) to
figure out where attacks that succeed in logging in are coming from.