🚀 go-pugleaf

On 4 Feb 1998 12:09:34 +0100, Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> wrote:
>Schwitter Ruedi <ruedi.schwitter@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>> Es muss sichergestellt werden, dass der remote-Zugriff
>> ohne PASSWORT erfolgen kann. Vergleiche dazu die MAN-Page
>> �ber rcp. (Tip: .rhosts File im $HOME - Verzeichnis, oder
>> im /etc/hosts.equiv)
>
>If this is not acceptable, ssh (and its friend scp) has a few
>features which can be worth using:
>   - plug-in compatible with rcp (you can disable .rhosts and friends
>     if needed, as a plus)
>   - encryption and compression of the data if wanted
>   - authentification through password (unlike rcp, password can
>     be prompted), RSA key exchange (both server and client checked)
>     or rcp-compatible (.rhosts, /etc/hosts.equiv) if needed for
>     backward compatibility.

ssh somtimes also has some security-holes, but so does rsh and friends...

>UNIX ssh is available at no cost for non-profit/personal use,
>and I think only IDEA is to be paid for commercial use. ssh
>can be used without IDEA, too.

Pardon me, but ssh is actively commercialised (PC/Mac Clients are commercial
only), and on the UNIX-Track there are also some funny things going on.

-daniel

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