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Re: telnet vs ssh [WAS: Re: Dropping telnetd and rsh* for security reasons?]



On Thu, 15 May 2003, Paul Johnson wrote:

> It's too hard to go hit
> http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe and run it?

Yes, frankly, in some cases it is. Not to mention that in some cases one
isn't using one's own computer and must or should deal with the fact that
downloading and installing software isn't what the owner had in mind.


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