> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gideon N. Guillen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [plug] Telnet > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > IMO the person who did the sniffing program is the EVIL. That is if >> > he/she used/did that program to hack/crack systems. Dati naman noon >> > UNIX/Linux systems were using telnet diba? >> >> Dude, if you think sniffers are used just to hack or crack a system is > like >> saying a knife is only used as a weapon to kill people. Sniffers can >> be of great help when analyzing troubles in your network. Heck, you >> can even use sinffers to prevent, or at least detect that someone >> 0wn3d j00! ;) And > also, >> if not for sniffers, we wont have free implementations of some >> proprietary protocols because they're used to reverse-engineer >> protocols. Like we wont have Samba if the Samba team weren't able to >> use sniffers to analyze the traffic and implement Winblows file >> sharing on your favorite *NIX system. > > let us clear this thing up.. like as what dek said, right tool for the > right job... this tool is considered good if the intention is good and > this tool is bad if the intention is evil.. plain and simple... > > telnet and ftp protocols have *options* that provide for strong > authentication and encryption just as ssh does... telnet supports a > wide variety of authentication methods like kerberos 4, kerberos 5, > secure remote password, ntlm and x.509 public key certificates. > > i used them both for my daily job. >
Yes, I agree w/ you fooler and Gideon. -- froilanr _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
