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Re: telnet vs ssh on Core equipment , looking for reasons why ?
- From: Bob K
- Date: Tue Jul 31 11:00:10 2001
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> > But who said I am not on your network ? What if I penetrated your AAA
> > server, or, some other server on your network ?
>
> well your not. and if you were, i'm pretty well screwed! altho having said
> that, my network doesnt allow you to hop between machines.. but maybe you
> compromised my security? okay, i'm screwed again!
Security is generally not an all-or-nothing game. Most script kiddies
have enough skill to run a prefab'd exploit on your IIS server; some have
enough skill to inject trojan ARP entries and use tcpdump; but far fewer
have the ability to decrypt ssh packets (although new tools are making
this easier). In cases where ssh is an option, why not use it?
--
Bob <melange@yip.org> | Yes. I know. That is, indeed, *not* mayonnaise.
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