Hi - I've been going through the faq at http://www.tolisgroup.com/gen-faq3.html#remote 
to see how to setup use of a remote tape drive for backups, and noted on other pages 
related to setting up rsh / rlogin that it's a potential security risk, and that I 
should look into ssh instead.

quick and dirty net diag:

        Internet
            |
            |
            |
        Machine 1
   (Firewall / Gateway)
            |
            |
            |
        Machine 2 ------------------------Machine 3
(Proxy / Internet Services              (File Server)
        / Firewall)


I was wondering:

1) is this really going to be a security risk - the client computer (Machine 3) is on 
a network separated from the internet by two firewalls, with no real internet access. 
I trust my users and they don't have shell access to any servers at any rate. The only 
threat I perceive is from the internet. The server would be the proxy server (Machine 
2) and I'd imagine an intruder would have to hack through the firewall, then break 
into the second firewall / proxy server / rsh server to to anything interesting. I'd 
be blocking any rsh type action between the two firewalls, and limiting rsh action to 
only occur between the proxy and file servers

2) can ssh be used to replace rsh in driving remote tape drives like this

3) has anyone had any experience / can share any configuration files to help me with 
my setup.

I'm sure there was another question - but it's too late at night (early in the 
morning) and I can't think right now! Hoping to set this up tomorrow so any ideas 
would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dan.



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