Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:44:58 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: telnet -a the default Message-ID: <20010503094458.A40729@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3AEB24CA.90203@quack.kfu.com>; from nsayer@quack.kfu.com on Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:15:06PM -0700 References: <20010428162045.E72985@sunbay.com> <3AEAE5AC.4090209@quack.kfu.com> <20010428191737.A93577@sunbay.com> <3AEAF10E.4030003@quack.kfu.com> <20010428213536.C1010@sunbay.com> <3AEB24CA.90203@quack.kfu.com>
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On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:15:06PM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 09:34:22AM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > > > >> Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 08:45:48AM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Hi! > >>>>> > >>>>> Any reason why revisions 1.6 and 1.7 of crypto/telnet/telnet/main.c > >>>>> are not propagated to usr.bin/telnet/main.c? > >>>> > >>>> Well, because it's meaningless without having encryption compiled in. > >>>> All of the authentication methods require encryption. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Sorry, I meant making -a the default. > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >> > >> Again, making -a the default is meaningless without crypto. > >> > > > > I just found it inconvenient to supply -K to telnet(1) every time > > now, and you know that secure/ telnet is installed by default. > > > > Could you please then tell me why -a was made the default for > > crypto telnet(1), and why it is meaningless without crypto? > > I didn't make -a the default for telnet, but I did MFC it just so that > both branches would have the same sources. > > -a without an authentication method ends up just giving you a login: > prompt from the other end. It's functionally no different than just > doing it the old fashioned way. > Assar, What is the reason why -a was made the default for crypto/ telnet? Is it the prerequisite for "auto-negotiation of encrypt and decrypt" committed in crypto/telnet/telnet/main.c,v 1.6 or could it be made optional? Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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