[Techtalk] Re: Why is life without X important? (was: Re: info)

[Julie]

caitlynmaire at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:42:08 -0400
> melissa ion kibbe <atomic at morgul.net> wrote:
> > If you love ftp and telnetting then any dweeb with a packet sniffer
> > will just love machines you touch. ;)
> 
> Yep.  ssh is the correct answer.  ftp and telnet are things I disable.
> Sending passwords across the net in the clear is really foolish
> nowadays.

I dunno.  I don't allow packet sniffers inside the house and
I'm the only network-savvy person here.

> It could be worse.  She could have said rlogin, rsh, rcp, etc...

Hey, those are some of my favourite tools!

There's a time and place for everything.  Many Linux networks
don't need all the grief of SSH and friends.
-- 
Julianne Frances Haugh             Life is either a daring adventure
txjulie at austin.rr.com                  or nothing at all.
					    -- Helen Keller