On Thu Mar 15, 2001 at 11:43:45AM -0600, James, Rick wrote:
> >> Now that telnet is working I can login, su to root, restart xinetd,
> >> then wu-ftpd again gives service with a smile. :o)
>
> > DON´T!!!! telnet is bad enough for users, and it´s unforgivable for
> > root. Use ssh instead (preferably, openssh). I recommend this excellent
> > article by Jay Beale, who by the way works for Mandrakesoft now...
>
> http://www.securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20000814.printerfriendly.html
>
> Sound like good advice but I'm ftp'ing from Windows NT at work to a Linux
> box across the aisle inside an isolated network. You've peaked my interest
> though in case we decide to hook up to the company LAN. I've heard that
> there are ssh programs available for Windows but they can be hard to set up.
> We would also need to install ssh on a couple of HP-Unix servers. Any
> recommendations?
Hop on google and search for putty. Easiest ssh client for Windows
around and free.
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