From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 17 12:21:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from bunning.skiltech.com (bunning.skiltech.com [216.235.79.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B7937B406 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:21:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from minter@lunenburg.org) Received: from skiltech.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunning.skiltech.com (8.11.3/8.11.0) with SMTP id f7HJLFY00497 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from minter@lunenburg.org) Received: from 63.167.1.26 (SquirrelMail authenticated user minter) by webmail.skiltech.com with HTTP; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <26359.63.167.1.26.998076075.squirrel@webmail.skiltech.com> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: Silly crackers... NT is for kids... From: "H. Wade Minter" To: In-Reply-To: <98829DC07ECECD47893074C4D525EFC311561F@citsnl007.europe.intranet> References: <98829DC07ECECD47893074C4D525EFC311561F@citsnl007.europe.intranet> X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.0 [rc1]) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 On Aug 17, 2001, "Carroll, D. (Danny)" wrote: > Even for authentication? > > I can understand using a telnet client to manually test SMTP servers or > other protocols, but I cannot understand why you *need* telnet. > Mind you I am against using pop3 as well, unless it's encrypted. Well, there could be a case where the Powers That Be with the corporate firewall allow telnet out, but refuse to allow SSH out, and no amount of rational argument will convince them to do otherwise. Not that I'm currently living that, no. --Wade -- Do your part in the fight against injustice. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ Fight the DMCA! http://www.anti-dmca.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message