[Gllug] SFTP Server

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:55:46PM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Doug Winter writes:
> 
> >> The "Secure" in "Secure Shell" really means "probably secure if it's=20
> >> managed, used and maintained correctly".
> >
> >Like every other use of the word "Secure" :)
> 
> Actually, in this case, SSH is still somewhat secure, no matter how
> poorly managed and maintained it is. No amount of incompetence will
> let you set it up so that it sends passwords in plain text over the
> network, and that was the original motivation for developing it.
> 
> Of course it's not really "secure" in the sense that it's still
> possible to configure it poorly which can give access to those you
> may not have intended to let in. You can set up password/phrase-less
> authentication, for example, and even remote root login using rhost
> authentication, and like most other authentication systems, it's
> vulnerable to social engineering, etc.

Heh heh ... I have a publically accessible server you can ssh to.

... Provided you promise to always forward your agent & X11 connection :-)

Rich.

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