On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:21:39PM +0100, Alastair Scott wrote:
:
: Also, the older commands are being killed off because they are fundamentally
: insecure. I don't know anything about kermit security but, for example, rsh
: (+ rlogin + telnet) is infamously insecure; ssh is a secure and far superior
: replacement.
:
: I think removing such poor-quality* utilities is a _good_ thing as it
: encourages people to upgrade servers running those old services: if you see
: a server running them, complain rather than shoot the messenger!
It's not encouraging. It's a strongarm tactic. Unfortunately, you get
into the issue that in a heterogeneous environment, you need
compatibility. There are plenty of applications out there from some big
vendors (as well as crap written in house), that don't support SSH.
So, do I maintain, and document my own set of RPMs for those boxes?
Keeping in mind that I still have to live with PHB's who prefer (nay,
insist) that it comes out of the box and from the vendor. Or do I
install Redhat on these boxes?
--Jerry
Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death...
...It's much more important than that!
