Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:11:03 +0100 (MET) From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet Root access Message-ID: <199712082211.XAA29498@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971205161406.11503A-100000@shell.firehouse.net> References: <01bd01aa$f4f35de0$09d181c2@user2.shellnet.co.uk> <199712052035.OAA00812@unix.tfs.net> <Pine.BSI.3.95.971205161406.11503A-100000@shell.firehouse.net>
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Brian Mitchell <brian@firehouse.net> wrote: > > man su > > This is pretty dumb, as the password is _still_ passing over an insecure > network in plaintext form. You've always got the option to use S/Key. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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