[GLLUG] putty titlebar

[Caleb Cushing]

don't think it's in there because 1. using putty on another machine didn't
display it 2. I removed my network connection from my laptop and reconnected
them. and it was gone.

seems to be back now though *frowns*

On 8/22/06, Lachniet, Mark <mlachniet at sequoianet.com> wrote:
>
>  check your /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile type configs for the shell
> prompt setup and see if someone put it in there.
>
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> *From:* linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:
> linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Caleb Cushing
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:35 PM
> *To:* Clay Dowling
> *Cc:* linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [GLLUG] putty titlebar
>
> since it was asked the title bar had something innappropriate(eg vulgar)
> displayed in it. I forgret exactly what now.
>
> On 8/22/06, Caleb Cushing < xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > very strange.... it seems to have gone away... but I don't like it. it
> > appears that it might be my windows box that's been comprimized (the one i'm
> > running putty on)... to soon to tell I think when I get home I need to
> > review some logs. I've already changed my password for my login from a
> > different terminal.
> >
> >
> > On 8/22/06, Clay Dowling < clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Caleb Cushing said:
> > > > no... it reads a some sort of a DNS hostname.domainname record. but
> > > I'm
> > > > not
> > > > sure how it determines that. could be localsetting could be forward
> > > lookup
> > > > reverse lookup. am I missing anything? how would I determine.
> > >
> > > It's possible for a hacked server to lie to you about this.  Xterm
> > > allows
> > > the setting of the title bar, and PuTTy supports this
> > > feature.  There's an
> > > option under the PuTTy Windows settings to control this.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/22/06, Charles Ulrich < charles at idealso.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >>
> > >> Caleb Cushing wrote:
> > >> > when using putty to ssh where does it get the info from  that's in
> > the
> > >> > title bar? seems I've been cracked. I need to be more paranoid. but
> > >> > first I need to figure out how much damage was caused.
> > >>
> > >> At a guess, it's probably reading the escape sequences mentioned
> > here:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/xterm-title-bar-manipulations.html
> >
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