Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 07:59:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: sporkl@dti.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH Message-ID: <199802121359.HAA10144@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980211191303.16848A-100000@mental> from Spike Gronim at "Feb 11, 98 07:13:58 pm"
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In a previous message, Spike Gronim said:
> Hello.
>
> I would like to install SSH. If I do, can I use it to connect via
> telnet or other protocols to insecure hosts? Could insecure hosts connect
> to my computer? In other words, does the person on the other end of the
> connection need ssh too?
If the remote end doesn't have ssh, then it drops down to rsh. If this happens
you do not have a secure connection.
A remote user connecting to you must have ssh to connect to the ssh port on
your machine.
You get the encryption security from ssh *ONLY* if both ends use it.
--
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go
to erase it.
-- Glaser and Way
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