Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:15:49 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?andrew=20mejia?= <mejia_bsd@yahoo.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: remote login Message-ID: <20020515191549.53143.qmail@web14805.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <TPKIPJ1Y64SROKWV3VSN71M94A71Y2Z.3ce178bc@inspector2>
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--- inspector.us@omicnet.com wrote: > Hello > > I have enabled telnetd and rlogin on my FreeBSD box > at home. From work, > I telnet in and get the login prompt on the BSD box, > however, my passwords > don't work. What else do I need to do? [andrew]$ 1. don't use telnet or rlogin. turn those daemons off. you don't want them listening for connections. 2. definitely use openssh (you also have to intall openssl to use openssh). when you install these two packages you will be better off and it's ok to have them listening for connections. to demonstrate how insecure telnet is, open 2 terminal windows on your office machine and telnet to your home machine. in terminal window one, enter '# snoop a.b.c.d' - this being the IP address of the machine you are telneting to. in terminal window two, telnet to the machine you are snooping. watch as your username and passwd and everything else are broadcast over your internet connection on the first terminal window thru the snoop utility in clear text for anyone who *MAY* be snooping to grab. ssh also allows you to 'scp' (secure copy) without having to really start a telnet session, so you can just enter one command and it will literally copy a file from your remote machine to your local machine securely, without leaving persistent session open. hope this helps. [andrew]$ :wq __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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