Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:59:20 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish Message-ID: <20020326030446.67C654844F@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20020323012045.I57052-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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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 -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> > >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
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