Hi Steve
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On 31/01/00 at 7:43 Steve wrote:
>Please forgive me for I am new to all this and have been curious about
this
>topic for some time.
>
>I am running rh6.1 on 3 boxes on a private network behind a single box
running
>ipchains/portsentry on a public ip (cable modem) The firewall box has 2
nic's
>one for my public ip address and one for my private network ip address
>(192.168.X.X).
>
>I am the sole user of any box on the private network.
>
>My question is if I am going to telneting from a box on my
>private network network to the private nic on my firewall do I need
>ssh? And can some one sniff these packets from outside my private network?
The simple answer is no, you do not need it really if your ipchains script
is configured correctly, however its probably a good habit to use SSH
everywhere.......don't forget if the main host is compromised, its easy for
somone to walk through the rest.......
>
>TIA
>
>Steve
>
>
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Regards
Greg Wright
IT Consultant Sydney Australia
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