I was planning to use the telnet server to give access to hosting customers like they do in *nix enviroments, but you're right, it's not the right way to do it. I'm going to dig more about ssh on w2k.
Thank you very much, Mahmut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:07 PM Subject: RE: telnet server w2k - is it safe to use ? > > I wonder if anyone has experience with using the telnet > > server that ships with windows 2000 ? Has anyone got a > > "things to consider before using" list ? > > Yes, you might want to consider if you want to allow unencrypted Windows > logins across the network, since telnet is unencrypted. I think that the MS > telnet server supports NTLM authentication, but that only works with MS > telnet clients, I suppose. > > If you really need telnet-like functionality, but don't want the security > issues of telnet, you might consider getting an ssh server. VanDyke Software > has a very nice one called VShell, and I think you can use OpenSSH on > Windows also. If it has to be telnet, you might look at using something that > doesn't integrate with Windows logins, but has its own logins instead. I've > never deployed a telnet server on Windows, though, so there may be other > considerations as well. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
