on Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 06:27:40PM +0000, Geoff Thurman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 3:17 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
<snipped> > > ssh is highly valuable because it provides a secure, encrypted, > > authenticated, non-spoofable means of issueing commands or data > > between hosts. It's used not just for shells and commands but for > > file transfers in the form of scp, sftp, and rsync. See also the > > fish:// protocol (implemented in lftp, for example). ssh replaces > > telnet and rsh, for the most part transparently, both of which are > > highly insecure protocols. > > > > I'd strongly recommend you leave ssh installed. Could be most > > useful. > > > > Thanks for this, but unless I actually use ssh (or anything else) surely > it's best to remove it? See above. It's such a fundamentally useful piece of networking infrastructure, and a lifesaver when needed, that I'd leave it on a system. Downside risk is very low, and utility is very high, even if used very infrequently. Note that I just about came to blows on IRC support arguing the contrary point over another utility today -- however that was a tool I rarely use and frequently have trouble with. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. SCO vs IBM Linux lawsuit info: http://sco.iwethey.org
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