ssh can use a variety of authentication mechanisms. One of those is your
system password, just like login uses when you telnet. The difference is
that the login information is passed in encrypted form, not in clear
text. So someone listening on the wire would have to be able to break the
encryption in order to get your name/passwd. Much better than telnet.
- rick warner
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Steven Pierce wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sorry that I am not totally getting this. If you telnet on to your machine,
> users are looking for the password as it is typed. OK, that I understand, but what
>I am
> not real clear about is that by using SSH how do you log in? Or does that give you
>a log
> in prompt without telneting??
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