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Date:      Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:40:50 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WEIRD: telnet
Message-ID:  <20050213154050.GF65744@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <420F70C5.60006@makeworld.com>
References:  <20050213145302.14A9E4BDAA@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <1736042877.20050213155911@wanadoo.fr> <420F6BAF.8060304@makeworld.com> <1374659210.20050213161054@wanadoo.fr> <420F6ED9.8010301@makeworld.com> <285864121.20050213161830@wanadoo.fr> <420F70C5.60006@makeworld.com>

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On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:22:45AM -0600, Chris wrote:
> 2. Telnet passes clear text no matter what.

Not in a Kerberos environment it doesn't, nor in an transport-mode IPsec
environment.

Related to that is connections where transport-level encryption
typically doesn't matter:  connecting over a cross-over cable is one
example.

> 3. ssh ought to be used to replace Telnet whenever possible.

s/whenever possible/where it makes sense/.

-T


-- 
1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.
3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of
   yourself, and listen to it.
4.
	- Richard Brautigan



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