From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 21:05:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B49316A4CF for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:05:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wingfoot.org (caduceus.wingfoot.org [64.32.179.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC0343D4C for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:05:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ges@wingfoot.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.wingfoot.org [127.0.0.1]) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED011F44A0; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:05:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from wingfoot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wingfoot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78437-10; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:05:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [64.32.179.50]) by wingfoot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 386FC1F44B3; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:05:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41EC2880.3070905@wingfoot.org> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:05:04 -0500 From: Glenn Sieb User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041206 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joaquin Menchaca , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org References: <41EC2790.4090500@finnovative.net> In-Reply-To: <41EC2790.4090500@finnovative.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wingfoot.org Subject: Re: HELP: how to enable telnet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:05:23 -0000 Joaquin Menchaca said the following on 1/17/2005 4:01 PM: > Just some questions about telnet. I just installed FreeBSD. I want > to setup so that I can telnet into it and do some work on it (as it'll > be the server for the house) Telnet is a highly insecure solution. It has generally been replaced with ssh (Secure SHell). > How about IPSec? Is IPSec supported in FreeBSD? Could I put a IPSec > for telnet port for a range of addresses? Docs on it? Instead of pulling your hair out securing a program that's considered outdated, I'd suggest you look into ssh instead... Best, --Glenn -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759