Re: telnet vs ssl

2000-07-17 Thread John Pearson
On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 02:09:03PM -0400, Ethan Pierce wrote > Hi, im wondering about the security of telnet - people say its really > unsecure...does this mean that someone would need to be running a network > sniffer on my ip to catch the data? > > I telnet to my ISP from work, (only telnet avai

Re: telnet vs ssl

2000-07-17 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, im wondering about the security of telnet - people say its really > unsecure...does this mean that someone would need to be running a > network sniffer on my ip to catch the data? Yep. Telnet was written back when worrying about pe

Re: telnet vs ssl

2000-07-17 Thread Mike Werner
Ethan Pierce wrote: > Hi, im wondering about the security of telnet - people say its really > unsecure...does this mean that someone would need to be running a network > sniffer on my ip to catch the data? Yup. And there's plenty of different apps out there to do just that. > I telnet to my ISP

telnet vs ssl

2000-07-17 Thread Ethan Pierce
Hi, im wondering about the security of telnet - people say its really unsecure...does this mean that someone would need to be running a network sniffer on my ip to catch the data? I telnet to my ISP from work, (only telnet available) then run SSH from ISP shell to home machineis this just a