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

[caitlynmaire at earthlink.net]

On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:42:08 -0400
melissa ion kibbe <atomic at morgul.net> wrote:

> the following slanderous atrocity can be attributed to pheret:
> > that may sound.  i love lynx, mutt (or pine), ftp, telnetting, etc.,
> > etc.
> 
> 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.

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

Regards,
Caity