Re: logging on remotely as root

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From: Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:46

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>You get no security advantage from doing this.  If the attacker can
>listen to your Telnet login, he can listen to your su commands.  The
>only relatively secure way is ssh.

or possibly even better, srp-telnet.  

m.
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From: mostynm@queeg.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE)
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Subject: Re: logging on remotely as root
Date: 10 Sep 2000 21:46:35 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne
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