[70997] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IT security people sleep well
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Nichols)
Thu Jun 3 22:33:07 2004
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:33:29 -0700
From: Jonathan Nichols <jnichols@pbp.net>
Reply-To: jnichols@pbp.net
To: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <40BF872C.6020407@fnordsystems.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> 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've heard there's an SSH2 client for the Treo.
Ah, here it is: http://sealiesoftware.com/pssh/
The Danger Sidekick can do SSH2 with "Terminal Monkey" which was free up
until recently. :) It's fun, but kind of hard to get any real work done
with the tiny screen.
-Jonathan
