From owner-freebsd-net Mon May 1 8: 5:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mail.surf1.de (mail.Surf1.de [194.25.165.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943D137B665 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 08:05:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@cichlids.com) Received: from cichlids.com (p3E9C1170.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [62.156.17.112]) by mail.surf1.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA19862; Mon, 1 May 2000 16:04:31 +0200 Received: from cichlids.cichlids.com (cichlids.cichlids.com [192.168.0.10]) by cichlids.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C91AC2C; Mon, 1 May 2000 17:09:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from alex@localhost) by cichlids.cichlids.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA08386; Mon, 1 May 2000 17:05:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex) Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:05:27 +0200 From: Alexander Langer To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I login as root using telnet? Message-ID: <20000501170527.A8375@cichlids.cichlids.com> References: <20000430194946.A92146@cichlids.cichlids.com> <8782.957189096@verdi.nethelp.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <8782.957189096@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 03:51:36PM +0200 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 44 28 CA 4C 46 5B D3 A8 A8 E3 BA F3 4E 60 7D 7F X-Verwirrung: Dieser Header dient der allgemeinen Verwirrung. Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thus spake sthaug@nethelp.no (sthaug@nethelp.no): > > there are cases where you can trust the members on your LAN, e.g. if > > it's your family. > Some of us use SSH even at home... That was an obsolete comment: a) that has nothing do do with trusting your family. b) we spoke about telnet from boxes, where ssh is not installed, e.g. usual Windows(tm) installations. *grmbl* Alex -- I need a new ~/.sig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message