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[linux-security] Re: Services not required?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pawel Krawczyk)
Mon Jun 15 03:01:56 1998

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:52:10 +0200
From: Pawel Krawczyk <kravietz@ceti.com.pl>
To: Stephen Costaras <stevecs@chaven.com>
Cc: linux-security@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <008601bd93f9$f7df7ac0$34a2eecf@tecra740cdt.chaven.com>; from Stephen Costaras on Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 05:57:24PM -0500
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com

On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 05:57:24PM -0500, Stephen Costaras wrote:
> Unfortunately we have Cisco 2511's used for terminal servers (dialup
> modems).  Not all clients can use PPP so some have to be able to telnet
> into the system from the Cisco's.  I have not been able to find anything
> that would offer a secure channel from the Cisco's to the Unix host (like
> a ssh for the Cisco's).  If something like that was available I would
> disable telnet in a second.

Recent IOSes support some encrypted remote access support (but probably
proprietary). Another way is to connect your Cisco to a SSH enabled machine
by serial cable and use minicom ;)

> Someone mentioned a SSL version of POP3, does a SSL POP3d exist for Linux?
> Anyone know the url?

See http://mike.daewoo.com.pl/computer/stunnel/

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