I don't care about security issue by now :), because every one in my compony know the username/password. It's a shared password. I just want to login into Unix boxes in an efficiently. so I needn't open a xterm console and type telent ..... usr/pwd for a unix box, and open another xterm, type telnet ...usr/pwd, and so on...
Nicko wrote: > placid wrote: > > Jim Segrave wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > valpa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I'm a net admin for about 20 unix servers, and I need to frequently > > > >telnet on to them and configure them. > > > >It is a tiring job to open a xterm and telnet, username, password to > > > >each server. > > > > > > Don't use telnet. it's clumsy and has security issues. > > > > if youre behind a firewall then it shouldnt matter. > > No, no, no! If you have 20 unix servers then this is likely not a tiny > company. Most security breaches (according to the FBI/CSI computer > crime survey) are perpetrated by insiders. If you log in using telnet, > and have to enter passwords that allow configurations to be changed, > then anyone on the local net can get those passwords. Use SSH instead. > Even SSH with passwords is hugely more secure than telnet. > > Nicko -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
