Larry, Thanks, but that does not answer my question.
Ken -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Bertolini Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rexecd and rshd At 03:03 PM 2/20/2004, you wrote: >I'll skip past the fact that you _really_ don't want to run any of the >"r" commands (rsh, rexec, etc.) since they're so completely insecure. >(SSH would be a much better option.) The rap against rexec is that passwords and data are send "in the clear". But, if an MVS REXEC client talks to a mainframe Linux rexecd daemon via HiperSockets, who else is going to see the packets? As long as the Linux box doesn't identify trusted hosts, and as long as a firewall blocks inbound REXEC traffic from outside the mainframe box, can this traffic be considered "secure"?
