On 2/22/06, Tobias Speckbacher <TSpeckbacher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > However, it is not that telnet as a service is inherently insecure, > however, the protocol is. (software vs. network, I am sure someone is > going to take this out of context) > > The main concern regarding telnet is the transmission of data in clear > text. > This means anyone in between you and the server can intercept/alter > session data, making it trivial to sniff passwords or perform other > malicious activities with your session. > > As it is using anything less than ssh in my opinion is a severe > violation/disregard of best practices. If you have a kerberos environment using kerberized telnet does not suffer from the above problems, or at least does not need to suffer from them. John -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
