Re: File transfer using ssh
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:13:04PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote:
> Philipp Schulte <pschulte@uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
> >
> > You should never be too lazy to log in as a user and su to root.
>
> su to root: 8 character password.
> ssh directly as root: 1024 bit RSA key.
>
> Which one is easiest to crack?
>
ssh
try sshmitm in dsniff package ... :-))
key exchanging is not make it in a secure manner
it's always better ssh and then su ( even if it's broken when your session
is being logged with man in the middle attack ) because you can see in your
logs
which one became root
ciao
Samuele
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