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.

 
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> Bob Miller                              K<bob>
> kbobsoft software consulting
> http://kbobsoft.com                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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