Paul Davies wrote:
Why though, is it OK to log in as root using ssh and not telnet? Aren't I just as likely to get my packet sniffed (so to speak)?
ssh is a secure, encrypted connection to the remote machine
I had to actually install a telnet server. Is ssh some sort of extension of telnet? I didn't seem to have to install a ssh server?
As far as I understand ssh has little to do with telnet (other than its purpose), the ssh server must have allready been installed on the remote machine. Telnet probably wasn't due to the security concerns ;-)
cheers,
Brad
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