On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> This isn't strictly security problem. This is actually a combination of
> Its a "how does the OS implement TCP?" problem, combined with some
> fundamental properties of the r(sh|cp|etc) commands.
In other words, RSH/RLOGIN are horribly protocols and should be taken out
back and shot. Install OpenSSH and solve all your problems. SSH provides
more then just security, it also just plain works better. Even if your
network is supposedly secure, doesn't "works better" count for something?
This has been a public service message from yours truly. :-)
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