Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Howard Jones
Wojciech Puchar wrote: so generalizing that telnet and rsh is bad is as stupid as telling that oxygen is bad as it makes fires. Well, that's true, but if you have the choice, there are better choices. You *can* hammer in nails with the butt of a gun, but there's a chance you'll somehow shoot

Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Wojciech Puchar
There have been *many* problems over the years with rsh and telnet. rsh's security model comes from a time when people thought computers would never exactly true. so i use rsh between MY machines and rsh and telnet when sniffing is not a problem. wasn't easier just to answer the question?

Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Christian Walther
On 11/03/07, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There have been *many* problems over the years with rsh and telnet. rsh's security model comes from a time when people thought computers would never exactly true. so i use rsh between MY machines and rsh and telnet when sniffing is not a