On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 2:27 PM <pe...@easthope.ca> wrote: > From: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:45:14 -0500 > > Hmm...`xterm` is unrelated: you'd run `telnet` or `ssh` *inside* > > `xterm`, no *instead of* `xterm`. > > OK, I understand that. If X11 is running you use xterm or similar. If > X11 is not running you can do "ssh localhost" on the command line of a > virtual console. >
If you are logged into a virtual console you do not need SSH or Telnet. You can simply issue the commands, as you will be logged into a BaSH Shell. > > When you want to "log into localhost" you can usually use `su` instead > > of `ssh/telnet`. This said, I sometimes use `ssh` anyway (typically in > > scripts) ... > > I considered only the live interactive case. Not a script. > > > Presumably encryption is not needed for localhost ... > > Exactly what I meant with "Naively, I wouldn't expect TLS to be > necessary for localhost. When a miscreant has access to a machine, > TLS on a local console connection probably won't help." > > Thx, ... P. > > -- > VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 > <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B16046700140> > work: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
