On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Tonton Rabena wrote:
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> I myself is using telnet, do you think they can sniff my password??
it's certainly possible. if you're not on a switched/VLAN network, and
you're sharing the network with some windoze lusers who get trojanized,
then yes they can sniff your password.
..
> security breaches were made by running exploitable daemons ...
> in the first place how could they run a sniffer if they dont have access to
> your servers?
it's far easier to compromise a windoze box than a linux box.
> I dont think you can use SSH only at all times, for instance you can't use
> ssh on a router.
uhm.. guess again. you *can* ssh into most modern Cisco routers.
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