On 18 Dec 2002, Kevin Saenz wrote: > I do install compilers on to my firewall, in case I want to compile > a package mind you I never install any servers, especially either > telnetd or sshd, on my firewall. If I want to make a mod to my firewall > I have to do it locally.
Can you explain why you exclude sshd? Sure, telnet passes clear passwords and text, but the entire sshd communication is encrypted and has been proven extremely difficult to crack, particularly where key-exchange authentication is used instead of passwords. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
