From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 22 16:30:50 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 16:30:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.attica.net.nz (mail.attica.net.nz [202.180.64.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8EE7C37B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:30:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 509 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2000 00:30:44 -0000 Received: from 202-180-75-42.iff0.attica.net.nz (HELO davep200.afterswish.com) (202.180.75.42) by mail.attica.net.nz with SMTP; 23 Dec 2000 00:30:44 -0000 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.1.20001223132307.01b00b70@pop3.i4free.co.nz> X-Sender: dmpreece@pop3.i4free.co.nz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:25:11 +1300 To: opentrax@email.com From: David Preece Subject: Re: ssh - are you nuts?!? Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200012222337.PAA20885@spammie.svbug.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. As ever, IMHO. Dave :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message