placid wrote: > Jim Segrave wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > valpa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm a net admin for about 20 unix servers, and I need to frequently > > >telnet on to them and configure them. > > >It is a tiring job to open a xterm and telnet, username, password to > > >each server. > > > > Don't use telnet. it's clumsy and has security issues. > > if youre behind a firewall then it shouldnt matter.
No, no, no! If you have 20 unix servers then this is likely not a tiny company. Most security breaches (according to the FBI/CSI computer crime survey) are perpetrated by insiders. If you log in using telnet, and have to enter passwords that allow configurations to be changed, then anyone on the local net can get those passwords. Use SSH instead. Even SSH with passwords is hugely more secure than telnet. Nicko -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
