On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:10:27 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:

> Shaw i sometimes think that rlogin rsh rcp might be better to use on my
> well firewalled LAN because basically there is no one there to sniff my
> passwords or data, and why burden my machines with encryptng and
> unencrypting the traffic.
> 
> Then i see the sense of not getting into bad habits, of making my
> scripts safe to use across the internet in case I ever want to use them
> beyond the lan,

It also gives you an extra layer of security, should someone get past
your firewall.


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Neil Bothwick

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