From owner-freebsd-security Thu Mar 28 13:46:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42EE137B419 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:46:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from a4ibmrrll9362k ([65.92.10.172]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with SMTP id <20020328214611.BQLV25090.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@a4ibmrrll9362k>; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:46:11 -0500 Message-ID: <005a01c1d6a1$f84b2ec0$126cfea9@a4ibmrrll9362k> From: "Adam" To: "Asenchi" Cc: References: Subject: Re: SSH or Telnet? Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:46:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It was a simple mistake.. I use SSH on all my machines.. Got mixed up between words while reading through it.. Adam EcommIS.net "Designing Your Future ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asenchi" To: "kerberus" ; "Adam" Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: RE: SSH or Telnet? > I am a little surprised by this as well. Encrypted passwords to me would > mean at least a little more secure than clear text passwords. Anything that > can be sniffed as easy as telnet should not be used. > > wow, now i have seen everything! :) > > asenchi > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of kerberus > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:39 PM > To: Adam > Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: SSH or Telnet? > > > Am I actually reading this on a security list of all places ???? Are you > actually suggesting the user use something that sends data over the wire > such as the username, and password in clear text usable ?? Doesnt the > thought of this scare you??? you telnet to remote system, someone > bewtween you and remote system, say at your ISP is sniffing the wire for > whatever reason, as your logging into the remote box, and guess what, > now they have your access to that same box. Dont use telnet, it is very > insecure, use ssh where everything is encrypted!! > > On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 16:33, Adam wrote: > > I would highly suggest that you use telnet. As long as you keep it updated > > and patched you shouldnt have any problems with it.. > > > > Adam > > EcommIS.net > > "Designing Your Future" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message