Re: [cobalt-security] telnet encryption products?

["Michael Zimmermann" <zim@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Theo,

you wrote:

From: "Theodore Jones" <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I'd like to solicit advice or complaints about any telnet-encryption
> schemes or products you've used so far with the RaQ family?

I'm using SSH 1.2 and I'm happy with it. SSH comes in two main
versions - the 1.2.* which is free software, but only supporting the
older protocoll-version 1.5 - and the 2.0* which supports the newer
protocoll version 2.0 but you have to pay for it, if you use it
commercially.

The free one is OK. Only FTP remains uprotected, but you won't
FTP as root, and FTP is used usually only by the customers to put up
their pages - not a great risk, they are an untrusted group anyway,
aren't they ;o) ?

I would download the sources and compile them on the machine.
But rpm are also available.

You can install SSH parallel to the telnet (it uses another port), and then
after have it running, disable the telnet daemon alltogether.

Which clients to use depends on the box from which you connect, of course.
UNIX-boxes are covered by the ssh-client software. For windowz (your clients
may want it) I recommend TeraTerm together with the ttssh wrapper
(both free also). TeraTerm by the way is a nice Client with practical
interface
(cut and paste from the window etc).

> Thanks,
> ~ Theo

Hope this helped.
Michael