Enabling ftp and Telnet into a YDL box

mascarasnake dontdrill at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 2 11:31:26 MDT 2004


Thanks, sloopy. I'll put that in my "Things I Really Oughta Remember" 
file ;)


sloopy wrote:
> 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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