From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 22 23: 8:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7731937B419 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:08:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 47EC9901A00; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:07:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:07:05 -0500 From: mpd To: Peter Leftwich Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish Message-ID: <20020323020705.C25792@rochester.rr.com> References: <20020323042842.GI9544@raggedclown.net> <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:27:17AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:27:17AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Ok, Since I have been cracked. I have been told it was because I run an anon ftp server, even though said server is not plugged in. And has not been plugged in for weeks. No-one believes a word I say about the secure shell. That there is a security hole in it. Since I get told off for using the word arsehole, but it seems to be ok for people to call me a Nazi. I am retiring from the scene for a while. Apparently I need to rebuild my network. I doubt I will be missed. > > -- > > Regards > > Cliff Sarginson -- > > Erm, I run ssh all the time and apparently "sshd" but -- and this is a > question I often have swimming around my head -- are daemons pretty much > only for "stuff coming in" or in this case, does sshd *NEED* to be run so > that I may ssh "out of my box?" Somebody please comment. No. Daemons service requests from clients. A daemon needs to be running *somewhere*, obviously, but not locally. It's akin to not having to run an httpd to browse the web. > > P.S. Cliff, I miss you already. Honestly! :) > > -- > Peter Leftwich mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "BECAUSE NO ONE TOUCHES MY STUFF!!!" - Pokey the Penguin from "THE FORBIDDEN CANDY" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message