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From: "Retal" <lirandb@netvision.net.il>
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Subject: Re: cvsup/install over ssh?
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 00:31:37 +0200
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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
>
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