Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:33:58 -0700 From: Michael Bryan <fbsd-secure@ursine.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Silly crackers... NT is for kids... Message-ID: <3B7D8DC6.A0B600AA@ursine.com> References: <98829DC07ECECD47893074C4D525EFC311561F@citsnl007.europe.intranet><20010817165323.F4969-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> <15229.34962.653064.226276@nomad.yogotech.com> <007901c12762$d3ac7ea0$8701a8c0@equinox>
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"Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: > > Which just brings me to another point, why not just turn ssh on by default > and turn telnetd off by default, given the latest exploit. Umm, because the -next- exploitable bug might be in sshd, not telnetd? There are lots of good reasons to run ssh and not telnet by default, but the fact that telnetd had a recent exploitable bug is not one of those reasons. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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