Whoa! Easy big fella! sdf.lonestar.org is a *FREE* public access system.
No reason for secrecy or alarm. Notice the *FREE* and remember, you get what you pay for. And they do tell you about using ssh for access when you initially sign up. On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Chris Devers wrote: > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:03:48 -0400 (EDT) > From: Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Perl_beginners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Perl_beginners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Errin Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Extra newline characters. > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Ron Smith wrote: > > > I'm not sure what you mean. I'm new at logging into shell accounts > > through a 'telnet' session. I'm on a Window$ 2000 box, using 'telnet' > > to log into '[OMITTED -- chd]. The first thing that appears at login > > is the following: > > > > NetBSD/alpha (sdf) (ttypu) > > > > Does that help? > > Let's try to nip bad habits in the bud before they take hold. > > Do you have SSH access to this machine ? > > Since you just said the host by name -- that was brave! -- I was able to > take a look at it and *boy* do you have a lot of ports open. Finger? > RPC? Truly the person running this computer is incredibly brave :-) > > The telnet protocol is extremely insecure. Among other things, all > traffic, including passwords, is transmitted as clear text, so anyone > watching packets stream by can see everything you're doing. Danger! > > This server is also running SSH, which is much, much safer to use than > Telnet. If possible, you should use SSH and forget telnet ever existed. > > -> $ ssh blah.blah.blah.org > The authenticity of host 'blah.blah.blah.org (300.400.500.600)' > can't be established. > RSA key fingerprint is So:me:-c:ha:in:-o:f-:le:tt:er:s-:an:d-:di:gi:ts. > -> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes > Warning: Permanently added 'blah.blah.blah.org,300.400.500.600' > (RSA) to the list of known hosts. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > -> [ENTER YOUR PASSWORD HERE; IT ISN'T ECHOED BACK TO YOU. --chd] > > The -> lines indicate places you need to type in a response. > > If all goes well here, you'll get a prompt after the password. > > And tell whoever is running this machine that they should lock it down. > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
