On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Bob Miller wrote: > It's dangerous to run ssh on a computer whose software you haven't > audited or installed, such as a public workstation. It's dangerous to > daisychain ssh connections, i.e., sit at A, ssh into B, then from B > ssh into C. It's dangerous to run ssh clients whose origin you don't > know, such as the free Java ssh that's floating around, or one that > just happens to be on the box already. > I do all those things (ulp!)
> On the other hand, it's not guaranteed that you'll get hacked when you > do one of those unsafe things. You might get away with it for years. > I don't know anyone who practices 100% safe computing all the time. > Whewhoo, I'm not the only person who's not insanely paranoid. > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi)
