On 12/2/2020 5:52 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
And there are mechanism like one time passwords where that is mitigated. You can also use telnet without passwords. Whether to use telnet or ssh is about risk management. Its also about what is provided. There are things you will do on a home network that you wouldn’t do across the Internet. Choosing to use telnet should be one of them.
Mark, you had me until "home network". Because most home networks are in fact *not* more secure than the open Internet. The illusion of using a 'secure' network and thus allow unsafe practices is one of big sources of attacks!
-- Christian Huitema
