----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafael R. Sevilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Allowing root to Telnet
>
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Tonton Rabena wrote:
> >
> > I myself is using telnet, do you think they can sniff my password??
> >
>
> Yes, of course. They can also see EVERYTHING you're doing. And it's not
> only by means of sniffing. They can also do a MITM attack and fool you
> into believing you're connecting to your host when in reality you're
> connecting to them and they're silently forwarding your traffic to the
> real host.
I guess not.. you can have your telnet secured as ssh do ... adding ssl
support on it.
> > I dont think you can use SSH only at all times, for instance you can't
use
> > ssh on a router.
>
> Some newer model Ciscos have SSH support built in, by the way, so this is
> not absolutely true. And that's the reason for having host PC's on serial
> ports that do speak SSH.
This would be applicable if you are using cisco routers.. how about other
kinds of routers?
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