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

[Alex Bligh <alex () alex org uk>]

> 2) Your vendor's ssh authentication creates a secure connection, and
>    transfers the password securely, only to then send the password,
>    unencrypted, to an authentication server for verification, making
>    ssh moot.

Less moot if
a) The p/w contains one-time p/w components, or

(if you like logging into your routers more often)

b) You configure aaa to run over ip-sec (say), and fall back to console
  access which is either out of band, or contains one time passwords

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Alex Bligh
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