Re: Security in a shell that starts ssh
Hi David!
Well, in my case the terminal is an VT-100, so it's connected directly to
the one of the serial ports of the server, so nothing's going wildly to the
network in cleartext.
I don't know about Xterminals, though... I guess they are networked, but I
really don't know much about the protocol :(
And changing topic, how about that code-revieu debian list? It sure sounds
interesting, and many of us would learn a great deal :) Debian gurus out
there, let's give it a shot! Where/who can we contact?
Miquel
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 09:24:42AM -0500, David Ehle wrote:
>
> I am in a similar situation as Miquel, and was consdering a similar
> option... but one thing keeps nagging at me as far as the security of the
> setup. SSH will encrypt all the data transmitted between the "portal"
> machine and other hosts, but what is keeping someone from sniffing
> everything going from the clear text telnet connection to the Vt100, or in
> my case an old Xterminal?
>
> Any one have any thoughts on assessing the risk? Or a solution to
> the situation?Maybe i'm missunerstanding his situation due to mine...
>
> (i'm currently trying to convice my department to throw out the old Xterms
> and let me put in some old PPro's w/ barebones linux installs to replace
> them.)
>
>
> Thanks!
> David Ehle
>
>
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