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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:59:59PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:45:44 EDT, David Shaw said: > > > telnetd is not inherently bad. It is a tool that is lacking the > > session encryption and strong authentication features of SSH, but is > > See RFCs 2941 through 2953. Just because your telnetd doesn't implement > it doesn't mean it's not available. True :) I should have said "usually lacking". > Having said that, I still use ssh for most stuff. ;) Oh, so do I. I was just pointing out while SSH is a wonderful thing, for certain specific uses (logging in from an untrusted terminal being one of them), there are better tools. David -- David Shaw | [email protected] | WWW http://www.jabberwocky.com/ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." - Jeremy S. Anderson
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