On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:48:50AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Surely this is off-topic for misc, your phone has nothing to do with openbsd. >
Perhaps we have different perspectives due to our ability on *how* we access the internet and thus focus on this issue differently. Right now, I am not living at a fixed location anywhere. All of my internet access is not through a hard line, but by necessity through WiFi or tethering. If I have some kind of server emergency and I do not have my laptop with me, I am forced to access ssh directly from my phone or seek a public computer that actually allows Putty or ssh. I just left an area where there were NO public computers that allowed that. Why wouldn't I just bring my laptop? Because I am not allowed to drive due to a past history of seizures. Thus bringing my laptop while shopping for anything means one hand less to carry anything with. I actually thought very carefully whether to mark this OT or not. After considering my situation, this issue really does directly effect my secure access to OpenBSD. I am certainly not mad at your viewpoint. We are all here by choice and I am now completely satisfied with not speaking any further about anyone's phone. Chris Bennett > Chris Bennett <cpb_m...@bennettconstruction.us> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 06:08:19PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:03:56 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > This is the thread that I wished to start that pertains to OpenBSD. > > > > If usage of an SSH app on anyone's phone to access an OpenBSD server > > > > isn't relevant from a security point of view, well, let's ignore the > > > > communication breach from a hardware/software issue and I ask > > > > forgiveness. > > > > > > Termux APP provides OpenSSH binaries but sadly built with OpenSSL not > > > Libressl but faster than an APP. Better still use usb/wifi tethering to > > > an OpenBSD laptop? > > > > > That's exactly what I'm doing right now. Using phone WiFi and ssh on > > laptop. My concerns mean that I will restrict using my phone's apps with > > anything that isn't fit to be spread anywhere. Oh well, I still like my > > phone but I have to just look at it like any hardware/software flaw. > > > > Chris Bennett > > > > >
