From owner-freebsd-security Thu Mar 28 13:49:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from nyogtha.unknownkadath.net (nyogtha.unknownkadath.net [209.153.153.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A6837B43E for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:48:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from cm (www.grebner.com [198.109.164.203]) by nyogtha.unknownkadath.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id g2SM19s0040105; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:01:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Asenchi" To: "Adam" Cc: Subject: RE: SSH or Telnet? Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:48:44 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <005a01c1d6a1$f84b2ec0$126cfea9@a4ibmrrll9362k> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal 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 oh cool. that makes sense. hey you can rely on bsd security to check you on things! :) asenchi -----Original Message----- From: Adam [mailto:adamtuttle@sympatico.ca] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:46 PM To: Asenchi Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH or Telnet? 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