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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Difference between rlogin and telnet
Date: 30 May 1997 16:35:25 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <864993028.196308@reef.island.net.au>,
hugh@island.net.au (Hugh Blandford) writes:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to understand the difference between rlogin and telnet. In the man
> pages it says that rlogin will be replaced by telnet but apart from that there does
> not appear to be much to differentiate them. Is there anyone who can shed some
> light on this for me? Is it a security issue etc?
>
> Thanks,
Rlogin allows you to log into remote machines without a password
if you setup your .rhosts (et al) file - the same files used by
rsh and rcp.
Rlogin, rsh and rcp are security risks however. I've just set up
ssh - a secure shell (from the ports) after about 100 suggestions
from freebsd-hackers :I .... it's pretty cool. Works on the same
basis as PGP. You can do everything that rlogin/rsh/rcp can do,
only over an encrypted link.
The only "gotcha" I hit was having my home directory group-writable.
> Hugh.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
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