Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:58:10 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Jonathan Chen <jon@spock.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling FTP (was Re: Why not sandbox BIND?) Message-ID: <199911221458.JAA84314@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <D7CF1878D2GZ7J8373.A44257A9835@msidl.d0.localhost> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911211832330.19746-100000@isr4033.urh.uiuc.edu> <NCBBILEECKNKMONCIAIOKECJCDAA.freebsd@gtonet.net> <D7CF1878D2GZ7J8373.A44257A9835@msidl.d0.localhost>
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<<On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:47:35 -0500, Jonathan Chen <jon@spock.org> said: > 3) People who have no need to use ftpd (or telnetd) does not use > ftpd/telnetd. Thus, cleartext password is never transmitted over these > protocols. Even people who do use ftp/telnet can do so securely if they install authentication. (Hint: `telnetd -a user'.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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