ALIEN! actually i'm running a telnet server myself. but i'm only using it as a gateway to the other servers that require ssh. the reason why i did this is to ease administration ..... medyo hassle kasi mag install ng ssh to every workstation sa buong school :) ... plus the telnet server is only available on our local net.
again from DEK's e-mail .... "right tool for the right job" > some people on this list said > > >telnet is evil., telnet does not do encryption, telnet is > a remnant of the past and some other silly things > > telnet _perse_ is _not_ evil, it's a _good_ _useful_ tool > thats why every OS that i know of has it why? because it's > a good tool ( go ssh on port 110 to see check if pop3 is working > , bah it would be great if you could go ssh FQDN 25 and do > helo dude ) > > BUT ofcourse _you_ people already _know_ that > > runing a telnet server (telnetd) is another thing and is dangerous, > i know you people are pertaining to this , ofcourse sshd _is_ > and in most or even in every aspect _better_ ( but don't let > that fool you, and make you so comfortable and give you a false > sense of security, sshd has its own share of _exploits_ too > ) > > from http://teso.scene.at/sshd_statement.php > > TESO Security, and many other research groups started researching > this vulnerability back in February, and to the best knowledge > of TESO there are more than six different exploits for this > vulnerability, which are not disclosed. > > so the moral of this boring email > > "right tool for the right job" > > alien? > > can telnet do encryption?? > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2946.html > > -Dek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Profile, Don't Speculate" > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" -------- University of Baguio General Luna Road Baguio City Philippines 2600 Phone: +63 74 4423540 Fax: +63 74 4423071 http://www.ubaguio.edu _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
