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.