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Date:      Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:39:48 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Security and other facilities at WC CDROM - the plan. 
Message-ID:  <199809241939.NAA00872@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199809241936.DAA22482@spinner.netplex.com.au>
References:  <199809241926.NAA00745@mt.sri.com> <199809241936.DAA22482@spinner.netplex.com.au>

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> > Basically, what I'm asking is there a *secure* way of allowing logins
> > over the net besides ssh/kerberized-telnet?
> 
> Set up s/key on your freefall account, generate and print out the next 10 
> or so passwords in sequence and carry them in your wallet..  You never 
> know when you're going to need to log in from a machine or network you 
> don't trust.

Exactly!  Do you have any documentations on how to do that?

> (eg: terminal rooms where people have been tinkering with 
> the machines for days and you don't know if you can trust the ssh on them).

This is just what I was hoping for (assuming it work with a standard
telnet client from windows)?  If so, then at that point I could
download/install a 'secure' connection from that point on.

Thanks Peter!


Nate



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