Ethan Pierce wrote:
> Hi, im wondering about the security of telnet - people say its really
> unsecure...does this mean that someone would need to be running a network
> sniffer on my ip to catch the data?
Yup. And there's plenty of different apps out there to do just that.
> I telnet to my ISP from work, (only telnet available) then run SSH from
> ISP shell to home machine....is this just as insecure as a straight
> connection via telnet right to my home machine?
Sure is. The data path from you to your ISP is completely unprotected.
When you say "only telnet available" I take that means that SSH is not
available at the computer you have access to at work? If so, then perhaps
you should look into finding an SSH client tat you can out onto the computer
at work if at all possible.
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