[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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