On 15 Sep 2003, JondZ wrote: > > > > ftp packages if its installed, and we're perfectly sure it's installed. > > > > Uninstall these packages NOW. And FAST. And install OpenSSH instead. > > Telnet and FTP are among the most dangerous and worthless protocols on > > the planet as of now. Don't even think about using them in the future. > > alternatively, if you need to use telnet , open it but > control it thru tcp wrappers (/etc/xinetd.d/telnet in > newer redhat). I use telnet but allow only allow hosts > from my local net. Works great. >
If you think you are secure that all your traffic (including password information) is passed as plain text even on your 'trusted' intranet, then you have a very big false sense of security. One note: a great majority of server compromises come from _within_ the supposedly trusted internal "behind the firewall" network. One hint: trust no one. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
