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Re: Bug#192416: ITP: rsh-redone -- Reimplementation of remote shell tools.



On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:56:18PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:

> > Rsh-redone is a reimplementation of the remote shell clients and
> > servers.  It is written from the ground up to avoid the bugs found in
> > the standard clients and servers.
> 
> Such as transmitting passwords in cleartext or relying on IP numbers for
> authentication?

Sigh, you're obviously trolling. If you have a network that is already
secure (for example, behind a decent firewall, or a VPN), using ssh only
means lots of unnecessary overhead. The lack of security in rsh is not a
bug, it is just the way it is supposed to work.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
    Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org>

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