Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:37:03 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Nicol=E1s_Castellano?= <jncastellano@noconname.org> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh security Message-ID: <423ABD5F.5010007@noconname.org> In-Reply-To: <20050318112317.GA35516@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20050318112317.GA35516@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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Dick Hoogendijk wrote: >I log in from a remote windows computer on my school using PuTTY w/ >ssh2. What I'd like to know is how *safe* is the login from this windows >machine? I mean, can my login to my FreeBSD server at home be >*monitored* by someone while I'm using this windows machine at work? >Can the keystrokes that I use *in* PuTTY be seen by anybody on this >windows network at work. If so, what can I do about it to be more safe? > >I would like to be able to login to my home computer without being >worried about some sneaky system operator at work (school) ;-) > > Mmm. Ssh only can *certificate* you that no one is capturing trafic between server and client (freebsd and putty), ssh stablishes a ciphred tunnel consistent in a two keys (private and public). Ssh client ( or putty in your case ) don't *warranty* if your computer client is running a keylogger or a trojan horse. If client is keylogged or trojaned you are died :-D, buy an antivirus or something for M$ Platforms. In *nix systems, relay to the administrator... -- Jose Nicolas Castellano Presidente - Asociación No cON Name Tel: +34 616 727 675 E-Mail : jncastellano@noconname.org WWW: www.noconname.orghelp
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