Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:32:41 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: shovey@buffnet.net, csfbsd@raggedclown.net Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish Message-ID: <F61GQUEYvZmDvHbYxPo0000a6bd@hotmail.com>
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>SSH has BIG security problems.. Ive been cracked ONCE - the week I ran SSH >- an not since I pulled it out.. and i got slammed for sayin that too.. > >So the moral is - if it smells like a fish, it probably is. A play on words for OpenBSD's mascot? :-) Thinking about it, are there really any compelling reasons to use SSH for most tasks (like command shells) when the likelyhood of being packet sniffed is (in most environments) far lower than the likelyhood of a serious security flaw popping up in SSH, which happens occasionally? Other than one recent bug, Telnet has a better record and is likely to have less holes found down the road because it is so much simpler (and FAR easier to setup properly!) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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