pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Extremely long References header shortened. =8~/ > > From: Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:21:20 -0500 > > SSHD is packaged and available on Debian. > > Timothy, for a console on localhost do you use ssh exclusively? > Never xterm or similar? You authenticate every connection to > localhost? > > > SSH encrypts the traffic but telnet is plain text. > > I don't know the implementation of xterm and etc. Is an xterm > connection to localhost direct or under TLS? Naively, I wouldn't > expect TLS to be necessary for localhost. When a miscreant has > access to a machine, TLS on a local console connection probably won't > help. =8~/ > > > You should look into Secure Shell SSH instead of telnet. > > Used it in A2. > > ETHO would require significant updating. (Project for my next life.) > Details available via my previous message. > > Thx, ... P.
I'm thoroughly confused. What are you actually trying to do?
