Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 23:53:16 +0400 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: "Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should sudo be used? Message-ID: <cb5206420704081253v21ec3fe7x6c4f016b23dfef3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4616C29A.4040706@daleco.biz> References: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> <4615030B.5040809@daleco.biz> <Pine.NEB.4.64.0704051115400.18840@glacier.reedmedia.net> <20070405191526.GA94631@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4616C29A.4040706@daleco.biz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 4/7/07, Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > Also, although telnet is a hole nowdays for logging in to a system with > > an id and password for the very reasons you have given, it still has > > a use. You can use it to easily poke at a port and check the response > > to see if something is up and working. Of course, in that case you > > would probably not be sending an id and password, just some common > > handshaking strings that don't reveal any secrets to anyone. > > This is really a different issue from what was the OP or the intent > > of the wiki article, of course. > > Right; the intent, as I see it, is to pound through people's (potential > new *BSD system admins) heads the fact that you don't use telnet for > remote logins/remote shell work. Well actually, we're looking forward to telnet start-tls RFC. It will provide for tighter integration of PKI. I'll be glad to see the day when all I need for authentication is TLS certs.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?cb5206420704081253v21ec3fe7x6c4f016b23dfef3>