Subj : Re: Remote Shell Access
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
From : Richard Huelbig
Date : Tue Jun 22 2004 12:29 am

Rayn,

Here's a bit more information for you.

If you really want to know how insecure TELNET is, then TELNET to your 
computer from another computer, and use Ethereal to capture the session. 
You'll be able to see the username and password in clear text, one 
character per packet (along with an echo character/packet). If you want 
an even starker display of something being insecure, do the same thing, 
but FTP to your computer and then examine the packets. The FTP trace 
will show the username and password, each in a single packet--you don't 
even have to go through the trouble of looking at successive packets.

Regards,

Richard Huelbig

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