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Date:      Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:23:08 -0400
From:      Paul Halliday <transmogrify@sympatico.ca>
To:        David Fuchs <dfuchs@uniserve.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Telnet Encryption
Message-ID:  <398ED45B.38E80373@sympatico.ca>
References:  <001001bffde0$7e1a07c0$0201a8c0@beastie.net>

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Check out dsniff "www.monkey.org/~dugsong" it is also in the ports collection.
It will reveal both user name and password from a telnet session, ftp, pop,
etc.

David Fuchs wrote:

> I've been told that I can reveal the passwords of my users by sniffing port
> 23.  I've tried this, but it doesn't seem to work, all I can see is the
> user's username.  In this case, is security a concern with telnet? Why go to
> the extra trouble of SSH when telnet *seems* safe in the first place?  The
> only way I've been able to retrieve passwords is by sniffing ports 110 and
> 143, but I'm a little more concerned with the telnet accounts.  Any ideas on
> this?
>
> Thanx!
>
> -David
>
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