From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 19: 2:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC65837B41B for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:02:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 9873 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2002 03:02:19 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-133-138.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.138) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 26 Mar 2002 03:02:19 -0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C654844F; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:04:46 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Peter Leftwich" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:59:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2472) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish Message-Id: <20020326030446.67C654844F@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:27:17 -0500 (EST), Peter Leftwich wrote: >On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: >> Ok, Since I have been cracked. I have been told it was because I run an anon ftp server, even though said server is not plugged in. And has not been plugged in for weeks. No-one believes a word I say about the secure shell. That there is a security hole in it. Since I get told off for using the word arsehole, but it seems to be ok for people to call me a Nazi. I am retiring from the scene for a while. Apparently I need to rebuild my network. I doubt I will be missed. >> -- >> Regards >> Cliff Sarginson -- > >Erm, I run ssh all the time and apparently "sshd" but -- and this is a >question I often have swimming around my head -- are daemons pretty much >only for "stuff coming in" or in this case, does sshd *NEED* to be run so >that I may ssh "out of my box?" Somebody please comment. you only need to run sshd if you are accepting ssh connections. you can still ssh out without it. also, ssh might have some flaws, but it is still better than telnet --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message