From owner-freebsd-net Mon May 1 8:24:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from silby.com (adam042-051.resnet.wisc.edu [146.151.42.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69F9737B782 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 08:24:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 36340 invoked by uid 1000); 1 May 2000 15:24:24 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 May 2000 15:24:24 -0000 Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:24:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack To: Alexander Langer Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I login as root using telnet? In-Reply-To: <20000501170527.A8375@cichlids.cichlids.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 1 May 2000, Alexander Langer wrote: > 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 You do system administration work from random boxes? Installing a ssh client on the windows boxes around you shouldn't be a problem; encrypted logins aren't a novelty, they're a necessity. Try disabling telnet totally. After a week, you won't miss it. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message