From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:45:14 -0500
> Hmm...`xterm` is unrelated: you'd run `telnet` or `ssh` *inside*
> `xterm`, no *instead of* `xterm`.
OK, I understand that. If X11 is running you use xterm or similar. If
X11 is not running you can do "ssh localhost" on the command line of a
virtual console.
If you are logged into a virtual console you do not need SSH or Telnet. You can simply issue the commands, as you will be logged into a BaSH Shell.
> When you want to "log into localhost" you can usually use `su` instead
> of `ssh/telnet`. This said, I sometimes use `ssh` anyway (typically in
> scripts) ...
I considered only the live interactive case. Not a script.
> Presumably encryption is not needed for localhost ...
Exactly what I meant with "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."
Thx, ... P.
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