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Re: telnet vs ssh on Core equipment , looking for reasons why ?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Jul 31 11:07:07 2001

From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:03:51 -0700
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> true, but i would point out that if its your core equipment that you are
> accessing from your network that sits directly on the core then you should
> be happy with the fact that no one is eavesdropping and it makes no
> difference.

this is based on the fantasy that nobody inside is rotten.  this is amusing
at best, considering how much damage is done by inside jobs.

randy

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