Re: Securely allowing just one application via telnet

2005-04-05 Thread Chris
Danny Howard wrote: Anthony, "Securely" and "telnet" is an oxymoron. This is mainly because any data, including passwords, sent through a non-encrypted connection, can be sniffed by anyone who can access any of the intervening networks. Your question is really very open-ended and vague. The

Re: Securely allowing just one application via telnet

2005-04-05 Thread Danny Howard
Anthony, "Securely" and "telnet" is an oxymoron. This is mainly because any data, including passwords, sent through a non-encrypted connection, can be sniffed by anyone who can access any of the intervening networks. Your question is really very open-ended and vague. The correct question may

Re: Securely allowing just one application via telnet

2005-04-05 Thread Andreas Davour
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Anthony Atkielski wrote: If I want to allow external users to log on under only one permissible username, which immediately and unconditionally executes only one program (no shell access), via telnet, what is the most secure way to set this up? I've always understood telnet to

Securely allowing just one application via telnet

2005-04-04 Thread Anthony Atkielski
If I want to allow external users to log on under only one permissible username, which immediately and unconditionally executes only one program (no shell access), via telnet, what is the most secure way to set this up? I've always understood telnet to be somewhat of a Pandora's box for security,