Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:32:53 -0700 From: Sean Harding <sharding@gutenberg.uoregon.edu> To: Andriss <andriss@argate.com> Cc: Edwin Woudt <edwin-ml@woudt.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sanne@portalinc.com Subject: Re: root access on telnet Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9808182031540.17992-100000@gutenberg.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818220746.14119A-100000@tasam.com>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Andriss wrote: > Telnet is very insecure though, why don't you try ssh instead? > Besides, ssh lets you login as root and encrypts your session. I agree...Everyone should be using ssh. However, logging in directly as root is still a bad idea, if for no other reason than that it promotes bad habits. Sean -- Sean Harding sharding@oregon.uoregon.edu|"They burn their bridges as they http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~sharding/ | go." Consulting: http://www.efn.org/~seanh | --Natalie Merchant To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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