Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : McDoob
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 22:46:00

-=> McDoob wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Ni> When using SSH on a BBS, the BBS software handles the SSH session, in
 Ni> the same way it handles the telnet session.  You could also enable
 Ni> telnet access to your base OS if you wanted to.  But for either
 Ni> protocol, I don't really see how either protocol would pose more of an
 Ni> access risk than the other when connecting to a BBS.

 Mc> Sir, I would ask you to refresh your lessons on network
 Mc> vulnerability. Trust me when I say this: SSH access is root
 Mc> access, if you do it right.

Hahahahahahahaha!  He just keeps digging that hole deeper and deeper!

It's comical and pathetic, at the same time.

The *METHOD* of access (SSH/telnet/rlogin/whatever) has *NOTHING* to do with
whether 'root access' is available/achieved.  I repeat, NOTHING.



.... He's as sharp as a marble.
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