Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 14:02:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Nightmares / Dreams
 Ni>   By: Gamgee to McDoob on Thu Mar 31 2022 10:46 pm

 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.

Just to hit on this previous comment by McDoob.... SSH access is root 
access, if you do it *WRONG*...!  That's even assuming one allows SSH 
access to the OS, which is not what we're talking about here.

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

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

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

 Ni> Yeah, I've used SSH on multiple operating systems (Linux,
 Ni> Windows, Mac, etc.) for a long time and had never heard of this
 Ni> "SSH access is root access" before now..

Nobody else has heard of it either, because it's Not True.

 Ni> SSH is for encrypting the terminal session, and gaining root access
 Ni> is something separate.

Absolutely.  McDoob does not seem to understand this.  Maybe enough 
people have told him how wrong he is now, and he'll make an effort to 
gain some clues.  Maybe not.  Makes me wonder about the security of 
*HIS* board, and whether he's running it as root...  Hmmmm....  ;-)



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