Tom Nielsen wrote:
If I ssh from outside my network into my firewall then telnet from my firewall to a network computer, have I lost the ssh security?
No. The outside<->firewall connection is encrypted. The firewall<->internal connection is not. The telnet program doesn't 'know' your logged in through an ssh connection and so ssh passphrases, etc. are hidden from the internal network. Someone else with access to the internal network could find out what you're doing on the internal machine but someone outside your firewall cannot do so without cracking your SSH keys. You haven't lost ssh security, but (if you can do it) it's better to use ssh between the firewall and the internal machine if you can. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.