Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 00:31:37 +0200 From: "Retal" <lirandb@netvision.net.il> To: <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvsup/install over ssh? Message-ID: <004801c1f54d$cf821420$658ce650@noused> References: <20020506172523.K71568-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org>
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believe me , if someone wanna know whats ur OS.. he will know with or without encrypt.. and one other thing.. if you are secured enough, who cares.. retal (retal@retal.co.il) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Piechota" <piechota@argolis.org> To: "Miguel Mendez" <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: "SolarfluX" <solarflux@ziplip.com>; <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: cvsup/install over ssh? > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Miguel Mendez wrote: > > > Hmmkay, let me get this straight, you want to encrypt an anon ftp > > session? And the purpose would be? It's publicly available data you are > > transfering to your box, why in the world would you want to encrypt it? > > I suppose that someone could be watching your ftp traffic, and know you've > installed FreeBSD. Then, no matter how much you obsfucate what your OS > looks like, they'll know it might be FreeBSD. :) > > -- > Matt Piechota > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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