Re: [cobalt-users] Replacing Telnet with SSH

[SteelHead <brk@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Carrie, and yes SSH2 is preferred.

The notion is that I wish all users use SSH to access and deliver stuff to
thier own websites.


> Don't forget that SSH is still uncontrollable if you're giving out
> shell accounts to users. It doesn't automatically jail them into their
> own directory or anything, it simply encrypts transmissions so that
> passwords, etc. aren't sent in clear text.
>
> > Can anyone tell me what happened when they tried something similar?
>
> It works just fine, if you are careful about giving out accounts.
> I'd highly suggest using SSH2 rather than SSH1, it's more secure and I
> think there are exploits running around for SSH1 (don't quote me on
> that, though).
>
> CarrieB
Bill