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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:07:05 -0500
From:      mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: So long and thanks for all the fish
Message-ID:  <20020323020705.C25792@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:27:17AM -0500
References:  <20020323042842.GI9544@raggedclown.net> <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>

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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 -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
> 
> 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
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