Re: Curiosity about some packages missing in AWS beta 1

[John <spam debian merseine nu>]

On Thursday 28 August 2003 06:09, Alois Treindl wrote:
> Please allow me to disagree:
> In a local (firewall protected) network of workstations, telnet, rlogin,
> rsh are absolutely essential for remote administration of these
> workstations.

Not so. ssh works fine, and has a far better reputation for security.

I use openssh for all, even gaining root privilege on the local machine. 
Unlike telnet, you don't have to use passwords, unlike rsh it's secure, and 
unlike both it can forward X connexions.






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