Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 11:18:44 -0500 (EST) From: Matt of the Long Red Hair <mattp@io.org> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid question no 10101 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961125111229.16230c-100000@crunch.io.org> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19961120100116.jc@irbs.com>
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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, John Capo wrote:
> If your wire is not secure and you are not filtering at a router
> then copying the password file via an encrypted link is your only
> option.
A good way to do this is with ssh, a replacement for telnet,rlogin,rsh, etc.
which encrypts all connections. You could scp (secure rcp) your password
files from machine to machine.
ssh is available as a FreeBSD port, BTW. Check your local mirror.
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