Re: remote login question
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:06:28AM -0400, dman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 01:22:06PM +0800, haheho wrote:
> | Few days ago, I installed debian 2.2 r3.
> | But, I can not telnet to that computer from another computer.
> | Could anyone help? Tell me how should I do! Please!
>
> Don't use telnet -- it sends your password and all data in clear text
> across the network. Any idiot with a packet sniffer will know
> everything you transmit. Instead use ssh.
True. ssh is a good habit.
Even on a private network, try not to login to root directly. Some
common configuration blocks it. That may be something original poster
encountered. :-)
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