Curious here....if I telnet into my system as a regular user, then su to root, aren't I sending my password in plain text across the network?
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yes. if someone was running tool like ettercap or dsniff or just any general password sniffer, they'll see your telnet traffic and as you type anything, it'll be display or saved. gene
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