From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 22 16:36: 1 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 16:36:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E1537B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBN0Zs427958; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:35:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:35:54 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dan Langille Cc: David Preece , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh - are you nuts?!? Message-ID: <20001222163554.Q19572@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200012222337.PAA20885@spammie.svbug.com> <5.0.0.25.1.20001223132307.01b00b70@pop3.i4free.co.nz> <200012230032.NAA13382@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012230032.NAA13382@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>; from dan@langille.org on Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 01:32:36PM +1300 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Dan Langille [001222 16:33] wrote: > On 23 Dec 2000, at 13:25, David Preece wrote: > > > At 15:37 22/12/00 -0800, you wrote: > > > > >The question asked is: why you believe ssh is beter > > >than say telnet. Or what advantages SSH has in general. > > > > Sorry, don't have time to reply to this properly. > > > > The main evil of ssh is that server authentication is not enforced, making > > mounting a man-in-the-middle attack basically trivial. > > It is possible. It is not trivial. No, it's practically impossible when correct precautions are taken. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message