On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, william villanueva wrote:

> Hello Dido,
>
> On Monday, September 15, 2003 1:18 PM, you wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Should one worry much about this if its an internal network?  I was in
> St. Luke's late last night and I was checking out their online billing
> system.  Seems that it has quit its program and was toying with it.
> They are using Reflection to connect to their main server via telnet.
>
> I think MWSS is also using Reflection to connect to their server to
> access the accounts.
>

A word of advise, >80% of all compromises orginate from supposedly
trusted/internal networks.  As a general rule, never trust anything!



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