From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 22 22:21:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D0937B422 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:20:30 -0700 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8N5LPQ42195; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:21:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:21:25 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: Brett Glass , Dave McKay , Wes Peters , nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <20000922222125.H367@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000922120415.00c7bdc0@localhost> <200009221849.e8MInS116911@orthanc.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200009221849.e8MInS116911@orthanc.ab.ca>; from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:49:28PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:49:28PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "Brett" == Brett Glass writes: > > Brett> It should not be. It sends passwords in the clear. This is > Brett> not acceptable on today's Internet. > > In certain situations. There is hardware (e.g. terminal servers, hubs) that > speak only telnet for remote configuration, and will never support > anything but telnet for remote configuration. Cisco's latest IOSs support SSH and more and more will in the future. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message