[H-GEN] What can i use instead of SSHD?

[Robert Kearey]

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Dan Roe wrote:

> Seems to me like SSH is becoming more insecure than FTP/HTTP/Telnet

Um, no. A quick check of CERT advisories, comparing telnet/rsh to ssh 
should show you why ssh is *fundamentally* more secure.

Don't forget that security is a *process*. Relying on any given 
technology is a recipe for disaster[1] - remember the Maginot line? No 
magic bullets.

> Today CERT tells me everything but OpenSSH 3.4 is remotly exploitable
> So i suggest you all update your ssh server
> Im wondering what else i could use instead of SSHD

Not a lot, really.

> Dan Roe

[1] Recipe for Disaster :

three eggs
100g of sugar
250g of flour
pinch of salt
vanilla essence
1 mile wide meteorite, screaming earthwards at fifty miles a second, 
making an ominous rumbling and trailing sparks.

Mix well, bake at ten million degrees centigrade for 1 second.
When mile high superheated 600km/h tsunamis are scourging all life from 
the planet, dish is done. Season to taste.

-- 
Rob K - Ich mag Chips mit brauner Soße
http://members.optushome.com.au/mammal
Please abbreviate 'bandwidth' as 'bndwth'
thereby conserving precious bndwth.


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