atleast he omited login+pwd. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 8, 2004 3:03 pm Subject: Re: Extra newline characters.
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Ron Smith wrote: > > > I'm not sure what you mean. I'm new at logging into shell > accounts > > through a 'telnet' session. I'm on a Window$ 2000 box, using > 'telnet' > > to log into '[OMITTED -- chd]. The first thing that appears at > login > > is the following: > > > > NetBSD/alpha (sdf) (ttypu) > > > > Does that help? > > Let's try to nip bad habits in the bud before they take hold. > > Do you have SSH access to this machine ? > > Since you just said the host by name -- that was brave! -- I was > able to > take a look at it and *boy* do you have a lot of ports open. > Finger? > RPC? Truly the person running this computer is incredibly brave :-) > > The telnet protocol is extremely insecure. Among other things, all > traffic, including passwords, is transmitted as clear text, so > anyone > watching packets stream by can see everything you're doing. Danger! > > This server is also running SSH, which is much, much safer to use > than > Telnet. If possible, you should use SSH and forget telnet ever > existed. > -> $ ssh blah.blah.blah.org > The authenticity of host 'blah.blah.blah.org (300.400.500.600)' > can't be established. > RSA key fingerprint is So:me:-c:ha:in:-o:f-:le:tt:er:s-:an:d- > :di:gi:ts. -> Are you sure you want to continue connecting > (yes/no)? yes > Warning: Permanently added 'blah.blah.blah.org,300.400.500.600' > (RSA) to the list of known hosts. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > -> [ENTER YOUR PASSWORD HERE; IT ISN'T ECHOED BACK TO YOU. --chd] > > The -> lines indicate places you need to type in a response. > > If all goes well here, you'll get a prompt after the password. > > And tell whoever is running this machine that they should lock it > down. > > > -- > Chris Devers > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
