A. Khattri wrote:
On Fri, 6 May 2005, Shaw Vrana wrote:
is there an ebuild available for rlogin? I haven't been able to find one
using emerge --search or equery. What am I missing?
Security.
BELIEVE THIS !! -- sorry for shouting, but I for one wonder whyinhell Gentoo of all distros would even bother with rlogin... ("About Choice", of course. This is called 'the dark side of the...'[choice]
-- F.Y.I., rlogin has *none* (security). Period. Use something else (see below).
*I*, as a Linux *Virgin*, way back in early 2002 in my -first- -week- of *learning* Linux, realised what an AIDS-ridden 'M$ Back-Orifice' this was.
Do Not Use rlogin if there is *ANY* other possible choice.
Then again, its -your- server getting wrecked and "telling all" to whomever cracks it (by just looking at it!), ain't it?
You Have Been Warned. Twice. By different people.
Good Luck. Lots and lots of good luck... rgh.
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