[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L6 Q6
- From: Scott Sullivan <scottgregorysullivan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:21:13 -0700 (PDT)
Yes you're right telnet is a system that allows you to give commands to a
remote machine. However if security is an issue (and when isn't it?) I would
strongly advise the use of Ssh instead. In short this is because data
transmitted with telnet is not encrypted and with ssh it is. This means that a
malicious user could sniff you're traffic and retrieve any data you are
transmitting over the telnet protocol (including usernames and passwords).
Telnet is highly susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. More information on
these types of attacks can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_middle_attack
Bad Kitty <kat_badkitty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I learned about Telnet at
http://www.elated.com/tutorials/management/unix/basic/
According to this site, telnet is a system that allows you to give commands
to a server or computer.
I practiced using Telnet at http://www.moongate.net/ and played Materia
Magica. This is a text based game and I found it quite interesting and fun.
It was a little frustrating, because I couldnt just type anything, I had to use
reserved words and commands.
~Katrina
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people ot make it worth the effort." -- Herm Albright
kat_badkitty@xxxxxxxxx
"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next." --Henry Ward
Beecher
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