From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 6 13:28:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA15211 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:28:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA15200 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:28:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA26605; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 21:28:36 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id WAA07105; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 22:28:12 +0100 (MET) To: Jacques Vidrine Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnet Root access References: From: Eivind Eklund Date: 06 Dec 1997 22:28:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: Jacques Vidrine's message of Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:32:02 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <8667p240wk.fsf@bitbox.follo.net> Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.52/XEmacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jacques Vidrine writes: > Actually, who knows if SSH is _really_ safe? Have you checked with a > packet sniffer to see if everything is really encrypted all the time? > > Personally, I only use my computer from a serial console (they can sniff > modern monitors too easily). Never even across phone lines. Sometimes I > get nervous if I can't see the entire length of my serial cable!! > > :-) :-) Serial cables are the easiest to tap by radio, IIRC - easier than monitors. Guess what? Your keyboard cable can be tapped by radio easily. Fiber can be tapped by somebody with physical access; I'm not certain if this tech is available to ordinary civilians. The demonstration I got a report from was by the norwegian military (but open to the public). Encryption is the way to go. Eivind.