On 06/13/2010 10:54 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
On 6/13/2010 10:29 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:On 06/13/2010 09:58 PM, Mark Allums wrote:On 6/13/2010 8:23 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:(Presumably you know that telnet is considered a Bad Idea Who's Time Has Passed?)What about ssh? VNC? RDP?What about them?Exactly. Are they better?, worse?, what? than telnet?
Well, VNC and RDP are *different* from telnet, like http is different from ftp. Thus, there is no "better or worse".
Regarding ssh: this was the first entry when I Googled "ssh vs. telnet": http://blogs.sun.com/JayzSpeak/entry/telnet_vs_ssh
As usual, Wikipedia gives a good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell -- "There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs." Thomas Sowell