Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:59:06 +1100 From: Andrew Johns <johnsa@kpi.com.au> To: Stefan Probst <stefan.probst@opticom.v-nam.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AdoreWorm Message-ID: <3BF2F73A.5855391D@kpi.com.au> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011114183520.01e71d20@MailServer> <5.1.0.14.2.20011114215959.01e4bd90@MailServer>
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Stefan Probst wrote:
>
> Hello Chris,
>
> At 09:58 14.11.2001 -0500, you wrote:
> -------------------------
> >There is no reason I can think of to use
> >it [telnetd] on any modern server, because ssh clients are widely and freely
> >available for every platform.
>
> I will give you some reasons:
> 1. Until a few weeks ago, Vietnam was behind a nation-wide firewall, which
> didn't let ssh pass. I had no choice than to do everything via telnetd.
Why can't you run sshd on port 23? Surely they don't examine
connections to determine the actual protocol running?
--
Andrew Johns
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