Hi Samuel!
21 Apr 2002, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> This must be something really new to me. I have experience in
SH> using PC-PINE for DOS for connecting to an ordinary IMAP server.
SH> There probably aren't any free IMAPS servers and also there
SH> probably aren't any DOS-based email clients that will work with
SH> IMAPS.
I don't know ...
>> eg. somebody changes maliciously the DNS information for your
>> server, and points it to another host.
>> SSH will warn you that the key has changed, sshdos does not (it
>> seems).
SH> Isn't this particular type of attack, known as "server-spoofing",
SH> very difficult to conduct successfully, and therefore quite unlikely
SH> to occur?
hmmm ... depends ...
by manipulating the DNS data its not that hard, but not easy :)
>> SH> Now I know that SSH is a *replacement* for Telnet to use for
>> SH> connecting to remote sites that have SSH protocol running.
>> yes ...
>> (PS: ssh can also compress the data ...
>> and you can make tunnels ... *VERY* handy feature)
SH> I don't know what is meant by "tunnels" in this context.
eg you connect to localhost:80 and ssh transmits the data to remot_host:666
SH> I have come accross the term before in reference to computer
SH> communications, but I don't understand nor can I interpret or infer
SH> the meaning.
google for it :)
SH> Regards,
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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