Re: utelnetd
peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Extremely long References header shortened. =8~/
>
> From: Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:21:20 -0500
> > SSHD is packaged and available on Debian.
>
> Timothy, for a console on localhost do you use ssh exclusively?
> Never xterm or similar? You authenticate every connection to
> localhost?
>
> > SSH encrypts the traffic but telnet is plain text.
>
> I don't know the implementation of xterm and etc. Is an xterm
> connection to localhost direct or under TLS? Naively, I wouldn't
> expect TLS to be necessary for localhost. When a miscreant has
> access to a machine, TLS on a local console connection probably won't
> help. =8~/
>
> > You should look into Secure Shell SSH instead of telnet.
>
> Used it in A2.
>
> ETHO would require significant updating. (Project for my next life.)
> Details available via my previous message.
>
> Thx, ... P.
I'm thoroughly confused. What are you actually trying to do?
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