[70993] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IT security people sleep well
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Thu Jun 3 17:37:53 2004
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:26:01 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
Reply-To: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
In-Reply-To: <40BF872C.6020407@fnordsystems.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
** Reply to message from Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com> on Thu, 03
Jun 2004 13:16:44 -0700
>
> The part about Telnet is truly scary... Among people who have "clue",
> the biggest reason I have heard to continue running ssh1 is for
> emergency access via hand-held smartphones or other pocket sized
> devices. The Handspring Treo 180 and similar keyboarded cellphone-pda
> devices don't have the CPU power necessary for a SSH2 key exchange,
> unless I'm drastically mistaken about the FPU abilities of a 33 MHz
> Motorola Dragonball...
I wonder if they asked the people using Telnet if they were using over
the internet - or inside a corporate intranet, shielded from the
outside?
--
Jeff Shultz
A railfan pulls up to a RR crossing hoping that
there will be a train.
