Re (3): telnetd in Squeeze; was new authentication mechanism in Squeeze?

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From:	Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.or..il>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:45:16 +0000
> You try to login (from telnet) as root?

Oh no.  telnet as a user and then su.

> Isn't shorewall rather famous for producing not-so-efficient iptabnles
> rules?

Recently it changed from shell based compiler 
to perl based compiler.  Hopefully efficiency 
improved.

> However, one useful feature of ssh (that did not exist at the time) is
> that you can use one existing connection. In .ssh/config:
> 
> Host *
>         ControlMaster = auto
>         ControlPath = ~/.ssh/control/%h__%p__%r__%l

Appears to be for the client side; but ETHNO 
lacks the capability.  If the sshd can do that, 
it could help.

Thanks,       ... Peter E.


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