Dave Mitchell <davem@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Just as with NFS for example. Is NFS evil too? > > Basic NFS is pretty evil. Totally insecure. Well, it looks like most local traffic here uses evil things :-) I imagine TFTP isn't less evil and perhaps only FTP is worse (cleartext passwords over the wire and firewall problems). And Samba (especially with unencrypted passwords) and X and... > The rsh protocol requires the server to make a second TCP connection back > to a low-numbered ephemeral port specified by the client, for the stderr > channel. Nope, that's optional. > If you haven't got a stateful, inspecting firewall, you're hosed. Even with stderr all you'd need is a simple helper. Anyway most people use rsh* over physically secure networks. Password-less privileged access with source IP access control over public network? No, thanks. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
