[BusyBox] Are telnetd and login save?
Erik Andersen
andersen at codepoet.org
Thu Jul 17 22:29:24 UTC 2003
On Thu Jul 17, 2003 at 03:21:38PM +0200, Steven Scholz wrote:
> Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> >You will have to be afraid of breakins because someone might record
> >the passwords you're transferring, and use the regular root login
> >then.
>
> Ok. I know that. I'm not planning to make root logins via telnet on a
> regular basis! I would use ssh for that (if I needed this).
>
> What I meant is: I want to keep the telnet open. Just in case. And
> when I ever should use it, I know I have to have a secure network
> (cross link cable ;-)).
In that case, I suppose it should be ok...
I think that the dropbear ssh server may be a better general
solution however
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
since it will give you a very small ssh server that does
not depend on openssl or any other large libraries...
-Erik
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