SSH is a secured telnet, plus a ftp, plus a tunnel for arbatrary ports. it can be configured to be only a secured telnet, but nothing stops your user from reconfiguring it to use it as a tunnel. David Lang On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, David Walgamotte wrote: > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:52:08 -0600 > From: David Walgamotte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: > > ssh is secured telnet ! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Diddams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 8:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: > > > > I've been tasked into investigating a link a 3rd party may be making to our > servers shortly over SSL. > > I've downloaded OpenSSL and installed it etc... but frankly I don;t know > what I'm supposed to do with it! > > The 3rd party mentioned will basically be telneting in over an SSL link I > am told (but nobody knows any more :-( ) ... so how exactly would such an > arrangmet normally occur? Any ideas? > Apologies for the ignorance, but I have to start somewhere (the 3rd party > is not available for questioning AFAIUI). > Ian > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]