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Re: telnetd in Squeeze; was new authentication mechanism in Squeeze?



On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:32:35AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

> Regarding ssh: this was the first entry when I Googled "ssh vs. telnet": 
> http://blogs.sun.com/JayzSpeak/entry/telnet_vs_ssh

That misses an important point. SSH happens to be more secure. But it is
also way more usable. Password-less authentication, Decent tab
completion for scp, X forwarding, and many more.

Which is why Real Men use telnet, but the rest of us sane folks use ssh.

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