On Feb 7, 2014 4:47 AM, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Tim Evans wrote:
>
> > On 02/06/2014 05:38 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >
> > > again, reading RHEL 7-beta docs and here:
> > >
> > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/System_Administrators_Guide/s1-ssh-configuration.html
> > >
> > > one reads:
> > >
> > > "For SSH to be truly effective, using insecure connection protocols
> > > should be prohibited. Otherwise, a user's password may be protected
> > > using SSH for one session, only to be captured later while logging in
> > > using Telnet. Some services to disable include telnet, rsh, rlogin,
> > > and vsftpd."
> > >
> > > never having used sftp before, i'm confused ... isn't sftp simply a
> > > secure ftp client? and if so, why would one want to disable vsftpd? i
> > > would still need an ftp server, would i not? can someone clarify what
> > > that passage is saying? thanks.
> >
> > Actually 'sftp' is a special interface to ssh that looks and acts
> > like ftp, but doesn't use the ftp protocol. You do not need to
> > maintain a vsftpd server to support folks using sftp.
>
> yes, i realize that now ... having never used sftp before and based
> on something i clearly misread, i had assumed sftp was simply a more
> secure ftp client to talk to an *existing* ftp server; i know better
> now.
>
> and as for the admonition to *not* read RHEL 7 docs, given that RHEL
> 7 will allegedly be based on fedora 19 (more precisely, what appears
> to be a mix of fedora 18, 19, and 20), i would think that the current
> RHEL 7 beta docs online should at least be moderately relevant with
> respect to fedora.
>
> rday
>
This is correct. In fact, many RH writers also volunteer their time in Fedora Docs, and the maintainers of the System Administrators Guide are among the most active Fedora writers. The content is CC-BY-SA both ways, and often freely shared.
Just like with software, your testing and feedback is valuable and appreciated. There are bugzilla components for both RHEL and Fedora documentation. Any report of inaccuracies or requests for clarification/enhancement are welcome, though I do try to watch a few lists for such things too :)
--Pete
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