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Date:      Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:58:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jon@spock.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Disabling FTP (was Re: Why not sandbox BIND?)
Message-ID:  <199911221458.JAA84314@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <D7CF1878D2GZ7J8373.A44257A9835@msidl.d0.localhost>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911211832330.19746-100000@isr4033.urh.uiuc.edu> <NCBBILEECKNKMONCIAIOKECJCDAA.freebsd@gtonet.net> <D7CF1878D2GZ7J8373.A44257A9835@msidl.d0.localhost>

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<<On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:47:35 -0500, Jonathan Chen <jon@spock.org> said:

> 3) People who have no need to use ftpd (or telnetd) does not use
>    ftpd/telnetd.  Thus, cleartext password is never transmitted over these
>    protocols.

Even people who do use ftp/telnet can do so securely if they install
authentication.  (Hint: `telnetd -a user'.)

-GAWollman

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