On 12/10/10 18:36, Terry Coles wrote:
We're not too worried about using telnet, because nothing will ever be
transmitted in clear text apart from within our very secure internal network.
Everything else will be through VPN.
A very secure internal network can still be snooped by a very secure
network employee and find your passwords! It really is bad practice/lazy.
OpenSSH is a great tool, particularly for securing traffic like X using
tunnelling. Saved a lot of hassle where very restrictive firewall rules
are applied as you just need SSH port 22 open.
We thought about using SSH, but it was another hassle so we decided not to
bother.
It is worth setting up as it is secure and versatile. A good skill to
have too.
John.
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