From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 24 21:44:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orbimus.dhs.org (cg52970-c.adubn1.nj.home.com [65.9.202.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC63537B424 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:44:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from klined@orbimus.dhs.org) Received: from localhost (klined@localhost) by orbimus.dhs.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3P4igT78866; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:44:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from klined@orbimus.dhs.org) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:44:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Kyle Rollin To: Chip Wiegand Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: secure telnet? In-Reply-To: <20010424214841.7a86001f.chip@wiegand.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Telnet's not really very secure by itself. I'd suggest something like OpenSSH, if you're looking for security .... the port is included in /usr/ports/security, or you can get it from http://www.openssh.org .. -Kyle Rollin klined@orbimus.dhs.org On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Chip Wiegand wrote: > I just installed the port for SSLtelnet, then used telnet to connect to a > site, and when I connected the server response included a statement that my > software does not protect my password, I need to change my software. I need a > secure telnet, isn't that what SSLtelnet is? I tried man SSLtelnet, no man > page, also ssltelnet, again no man page. On the FreeBSD.org site on the > description of SSLtelnet there is no reference for a web site. > Just how do I use SSLtelnet in a secure way? > Thankyou, > > -- > Chip Wiegand > CRW Computer Services > www.wiegand.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message