Linux-Hams archive - January 1999: Re: login to Linux too short!
Re: login to Linux too short!
Hamish Moffatt (xyh.nedeln@iolbroadband.net)
Sun, 3 Jan 1999 23:27:26 +1100
On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 07:46:00PM -0000, Mike Bilow wrote:
> Another suggestion worth mentioning is to bypass the telnet/login facility
> entirely, using something like ssh instead. Although primarily used for
> encrypted communications as a secure replacement for telnet, it can be set to
> disable encryption ("ssh -c none") for use over radio links where this is a
> legal issue. At least in the U.S., cryptographic authentication (such as RSA)
> is not regarded as prohibited, since it is not for the purpose of obscuring the
ssh is good but unfortunately there is no truely free implementation yet.
ssh 1 is for non-commercial use only (except if you pay for it), and
ssh 2 is even worse (it won't be in Debian because we can't distribute it).
Hamish VK3TYD
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