Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:21:25 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Dave McKay <dave@mu.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so special about freeBSD?) Message-ID: <20000922222125.H367@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <200009221849.e8MInS116911@orthanc.ab.ca>; from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:49:28PM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000922120415.00c7bdc0@localhost> <200009221849.e8MInS116911@orthanc.ab.ca>
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:49:28PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "Brett" == Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> writes: > > Brett> It should not be. It sends passwords in the clear. This is > Brett> not acceptable on today's Internet. > > In certain situations. There is hardware (e.g. terminal servers, hubs) that > speak only telnet for remote configuration, and will never support > anything but telnet for remote configuration. Cisco's latest IOSs support SSH and more and more will in the future. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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