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Date:      Sun, 29 Jul 2001 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Agemo Noraj <jaron@af-inet.net>
To:        leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: newsgroup way over my head
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107291231520.5169-100000@mail.af-inet.net>
In-Reply-To: <000d01c11715$4fd20300$0a87accf@shavedham>

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For the time being, ssh is a encrypted telnet session.

Ask about Kerberos later, after you become more familiar with
your environment.  The answers below are correct, but since
your asking help with them, take heed.  The above statement
isn't exactly true, you'll learn that later on.  But for now
assuming you understand telnet, ssh is an encrypted telnet.

Agemo Noraj
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, leegold wrote:

> I asked in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc the follow and would appreciate
> if anyone could help me with understanding the answer,  it's a constant fight learning unix.
> And, I don't think it has to be a "fight". Could anyone *help*.
>
> > newbie a bit overwhelmed by terminology:
> > what is the difference between ssh vs. Kerberos?
> > they're security and crypto protocols, right?
> > Thanks,
> > Lee G.
>
> Uh, apples and oranges. Kerberos is an authentication
> and access control mechanism.  Traditionally based on
> shared symmetric keys between hosts, it employs the
> concept of a ticket granting service and encrypted
> credentials which are passed to hosts/processes to
> gain access.  The most recent versions incorporate
> a lightweight PKI approach using certificate based
> identities.
>
> SSH is a set of secure remote access programs which
> provide an encrypted tunnel, no cleartext passwords,
> X11 and other service forwarding,etc.  There is no
> ticket granting ticket or any concept of credentials,
> only trusted public keys.
>
>
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