-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 2014-06-27 at 13:29 +0100, Sid Boyce wrote:
misunderstand. I grumble that I'm forced to connect to important, to me, servers using telnet.
I thought telnet was dead decades. I have been using ssh to everything on my network including routers, cable modems, ARM boxes, remote SPARC Enterprise servers, etc.
Mmmm... back on the year 2000, I was working with a group setting up a supervision network for a big telco. One of the things was remote access to old and very expensive machines that didn't know anything about tcp/ip; instead it used local serial port terminals and printers. This were then connected to a special router, and converted to telnet, for remote access. Telnet, not ssh. Via big intranet, so in theory, someone could snoop. Some time before, I saw technicians accessing similar machines via phone and modem, without password. Had some bad body found out, and wanted to, and knew how, he could have caused really huge damage, measured in millions of euros. I'm afraid that a lot of the industry has never used secure practices. Of course, I can only judge by my limited knowledge, I haven't sampled all the industries - LOL. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlOtw3wACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UmkQCfUY5mMiXtgZmEcP8qqFlPf2G3 eGUAnjPKIcW7r9UD49lhz1A3qUPLE5TK =UEEN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org