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Re: IT security people sleep well


From: Daniel Senie <dts () senie com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 17:56:55 -0400




On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:16:44 PDT, Eric Kuhnke <eric () fnordsystems com>  said:

> 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...

Cisco 26xx, 36xx routers at least, current 12.3 IOS, no ssh support in the basic loads that I can find. Telnet is the only way in other than the console port.



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