From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 22 15:51:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from merlins.force9.net (merlins.plus.net.uk [195.166.128.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F2A8D14E6E for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:51:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ian@tirnanog.org) Received: (qmail 11067 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2000 23:51:37 -0000 Received: from mayfly.plus.net.uk (HELO mayfly.force9.net) (195.166.128.28) by merlins.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 Jan 2000 23:51:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 32359 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2000 23:51:36 -0000 Received: from 172.01-02.quay.dial.plus.net.uk (212.159.68.172) by mayfly.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 Jan 2000 23:51:36 -0000 From: Ian J Greely To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnet client for win95/98 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:57:10 +0000 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 07:34:14 -0600 (CST), you wrote: >[insert obligatory Telnet-Is-Evil-Use-SSH lecture] > >TeraTerm is as good as it gets when it comes to freeware for the = purpose. >It does support ssh1 with an extension that I found to be really messy = and >wouldn't consider an option but it's all you'll get for free. SecureCRT = if >you're in North America. > >> --=20 > >Please don't use sigdashes if you're going to quote everything relevant >beneath them. > >-ac=20 In what way "really messy". I use the SSH component and the only whinge I have about it is the lack of an authentication agent. Though with a FreeBSD Box sitting in the background it's possible to have it run the authentication agent I guess.=20 It's a bit of a pain to have to keep typing the passphrase but that's the price of security. regards, Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message