* Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001222 16:33] wrote:
> On 23 Dec 2000, at 13:25, David Preece wrote:
>
> > At 15:37 22/12/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> > >The question asked is: why you believe ssh is beter
> > >than say telnet. Or what advantages SSH has in general.
> >
> > Sorry, don't have time to reply to this properly.
> >
> > The main evil of ssh is that server authentication is not enforced, making
> > mounting a man-in-the-middle attack basically trivial.
>
> It is possible. It is not trivial.
No, it's practically impossible when correct precautions are
taken.
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