Re: telnet vs ssh [WAS: Re: Dropping telnetd and rsh* for security reasons?]
On 16 mai 2003, ron.l.johnson@cox.net wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 01:28, Paul Johnson wrote:
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>> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:59:34PM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
>>> 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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>> It's one file, nothing to install. It just runs. It fits on a low
>> density 5.25" disk with plenty to spare.
>
> If it would run directly off a 3.25" floppy, you could make a
> definite case for blocking port 23.
putty.exe is just under 400kb. It is one of the most hassle-free
Windows applications in existence. No Dll files required, no
complicated installation procedure; just a single executable. You can
drop it anywhere and it just works.
The only thing even remotely complicated is that it will create
registry entries to store e.g. host keys and so forth. However, it
has a command-line option to delete all the entries it creates.
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