Les, The passwords are passed as plain text, so a determined hacker would not have much difficulty sniffing out the passwords. One option for increasing security over the Internet is to run the telnet session over an ssh connection. That way all transactions will be encrypted and it adds an additional password layer. The telnet socket could then be blocked at the router or firewall, and only allow the ssh socket through.
Regards, Eric One good security measure is to change the port number. First the hacker has to find your port then they have to crack the password (obviously don't use the standard password). Of course that assumes you want to connect remotely over the internet (why???). Otherwise just block the port on your firewall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
