From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 23 22: 9:58 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 22:09:55 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC0DE37B400; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:09:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14A4QX-0000Y6-00; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 23:14:37 -0700 Sender: wes@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A45944D.F9E9AB66@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 23:14:37 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: opentrax@email.com Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh - are you nuts?!? References: <200012222337.PAA20885@spammie.svbug.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG opentrax@email.com wrote: > > Thank you for your attention. > > Next month I'm giving a talk about the evils of SSH. > The talk schedule is posted on: > http://www.svbug.com/events/ > I've already circulated this message to the OpenBSD > 'tech' mailing list and the NetBSD 'security' mailing > list. Now, I've like to hear from the FreeBSD community. > > The question asked is: why you believe ssh is beter > than say telnet. Or what advantages SSH has in general. The simple fact that it doesn't transmit passwords in clear text? This is one of the stupidest trolls I've ever found, and is completely inappropriate for freebsd-security. Try over on -chat. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message