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Re: [Plug] Re: telnet login
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I have a very nice set of ssh rpms if anyone is interested.
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-Rune
Einsteins theory of Relativity mean that no matter what direction you go
in life you have a relative that has a theory...
In the Depths of the minds of the insane Fantasy and Reality are the
same...
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Morgan Wajda-Levie wrote:
:Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:51:01 -0500
:From: Morgan Wajda-Levie <mpwl@locke.ccil.org>
:Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:Subject: Re: [Plug] Re: telnet login
:
:On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 05:08:00PM -0400, Michael W. Ryan wrote:
:> No, the telnet login is *NOT* encrypted. I just verified this by sniffing
:> my own packets, and I was able to read my password in the telnet packet
:> data. Granted, it was divided up between packets, but it was there.
:>
:
:If you want secure telnet, you need to use ssh. You can grab it from
:any non-US Debian mirror. I don't know about Redhat packages.
:
:If you're serious about security on your box, installing ssh and
:disabling rlogin and rsh is a *very* good idea.
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