Enabling ftp and Telnet into a YDL box

sloopy sloopy at ydl.net
Sat Oct 2 10:08:54 MDT 2004


On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 08:32, mascarasnake wrote:

> 
> Just a note on telnet - ditch it unless you absolutely need it. Use ssh 
> instead. I don't really know the nuts and bolts, but I've read enough 
> from folks that do who all say telnet is rife with security problems.
> 
> g'luck


yeah the app itself is fine, its the protocol that is unsecure, it sends
everything as clear text across the network, so anyone snooping your
network would be able see passwords etc...


sloopy.




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