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Re: Rootshell pages hacked


From: "John P. Reddy" <jreddy () lightning net>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:10:21 -0500

At 09:51 AM 11/2/98 -0500, Adam Rothschild wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:

problem, UNIX one-time passwords are real problem. Another bad problem is 
_the same UNIX password for all purposes_ - I can sniff your FTP password 
and use it for SSH access (for example).

Very true.  Then again, FTP'ing in cleartext is kinda stupid in and of
itself.  Why not just FTP thru an SSH tunnel?  Or, if you're up for
an adventure (and a not-totally-complete(TM) spec), try the secure file
xfer stuff in SSH2...

Or, for the unix-inclined, scp works rather well under SSH 1.2.x

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