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Re: Problem with telnetd ???



My main (debian) system is at an ISP and I dial-in and telnet to my
system. 

Are there any telnet clients for windows that support ssl-telnetd ?
Regarding PGP...what is everyone using, the International version or
the US version ?

Matthew

> there are two secure(*), encrypted alternatives:
> 
> 1.  install ssl-telnet on both machines.  This replaces telnet and telnetd
>     (it is still compatible with non-ssl versions, though)
> 
>     ssltelnet depends on the ssleay package.
> 
> 2.  install ssh on both machines.  This is a replacement for rsh, rcp, and
>     other 'r' programs. I much prefer this to ssltelnet....in fact, i
>     hardly use telnet at all these days (i only use ssltelnet to upgrade
>     ssh on remote machines - ssh runs as a daemo, not out of inetd so
>     upgrading the ssh package kills your current session. There are
>     good reasons to run it like this so i'm not sure if this should be
>     reported as a bug or not.)
> 
>     ssh depends on zlib1.
> 
> I recommend installing BOTH packages.
> 
> Both packages are subject to US export restrictions, so they are not
> available from the main debian ftp site. You can get them (and the ssleay
> package) from the debian-non-US site in Germany: 
> 
>     ftp://os.inf.tu-dresden.de:/pub/debian-non-US/
> 
> There are several mirrors of this site.  Look in the README.non-us file on
> ftp.debian.org for a list.
> 
> While you're there, pick up a copy of PGP too.
> 
> (*) even "secure" programs are compromisable if you use them carelessly.
> these are no magic panacea for security problems - they work best if you
> read the documentation and understand what they're doing, why they're doing
> it, and how they work.
> 
> craig
> 
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> 
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