%% Known Human Nick Rusnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: khnr> As for running telnet, telnet is fine as long as you know your khnr> network is private and secure (eg a private subnet lan of which khnr> you are the only user) .. otherwise your passwords are exposed khnr> in cleartext to anyone who cares to listen.
On my local network I have installed and run telnet-ssl and telnetd-ssl. This is "normal" telnet authentication, but your password, etc. is sent encrypted instead of in the clear. That's enough paranoia for me, since I have a very strict firewall guarding it. Check it out (apt-get install telnet-ssl telnetd-ssl). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Methods & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
