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Re: [cobalt-users] Hacked?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Hacked?
- From: "Ryan J. Smith" <rizzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu May 31 10:57:03 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
jkraft@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 4. Change you admin password and leave telnet turned off until you need it
> and then turn it back off.
Better yet, turn telnet off for good and use SSH instead. Logging in via
telnet sends your password, as well as every other thing you type during
your session, in plaintext across the fruited plain on the back of a
postcard for everyone along the way to read. SSH encrypts it first. Check
out http://www.openssh.org/ for more info.
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Ryan J. Smith ("Rizzo")
rizzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx