Re: Problem with telnetd ??? (fwd)
The "International" versions of PGP are illegal to use within the US,
due to a patent on RSA. There are two alternatives. If you are *not* a
commercial enitity you can use Viacrypt PGP. See their web page. If
you use PGP for individual use, non-profit, etc., you can use the "US"
version which differs from the "International" version mainly in that it
is linked against RSAREF, which has been deemed legal for use in the
United States. However, RSAREF is slower than the RSA implementations
found outside the US, so that's why there's a different version.
Of course, you could say to hell with it and use whichever version you
like ... some people are pretty paranoid and only use the older
versions, because they fear a trap door. I personally grabbed the
International version (2.6.3i) from Norway and linked it against RSAREF
from MIT. I haven't heard of any backdoors, and I trust PGP.
There is a SSL telnet for Windows ... it's pretty poor, imho. It can be
found at ftp.psy.uq.oz.au, along with other fun things. Datafellows has
a trial SSH client for Windows ... it's very nice (I'm using it right
now) Odds are, I'll buy it, or talk the company into buying it :) See
"http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure"; for more info.
Sorry for the grammar errors .. it's been a long day.
Cheers
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On Thu, 22 May 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote:
: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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:> temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks.
:>
:>
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