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Re: Change Passwd Via Telnet through a Perl WWW Script



On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 at 09:44:41AM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote:
> Judging from the brief look I had at it I fail to see how it is more
> secure than running a telnet session, as all the data is still passed
> across the wire unencrypted. Or have I missed something?
It would run over the loopback unencrypted...not really a major security threat...

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