From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 22 23:32:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f61.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CBD437B417 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:32:42 -0800 Received: from 68.6.82.67 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:32:41 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.6.82.67] From: "Charles Burns" To: shovey@buffnet.net, csfbsd@raggedclown.net Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:32:41 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Mar 2002 07:32:42.0248 (UTC) FILETIME=[EAD06080:01C1D23C] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >SSH has BIG security problems.. Ive been cracked ONCE - the week I ran SSH >- an not since I pulled it out.. and i got slammed for sayin that too.. > >So the moral is - if it smells like a fish, it probably is. A play on words for OpenBSD's mascot? :-) Thinking about it, are there really any compelling reasons to use SSH for most tasks (like command shells) when the likelyhood of being packet sniffed is (in most environments) far lower than the likelyhood of a serious security flaw popping up in SSH, which happens occasionally? Other than one recent bug, Telnet has a better record and is likely to have less holes found down the road because it is so much simpler (and FAR easier to setup properly!) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message