Re: Disabling FTP (was Re: Why not sandbox BIND?)

Garrett Wollman (wollmankhavrinen.lcs.mit.edu)
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:58:10 -0500 (EST)

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<<On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:47:35 -0500, Jonathan Chen <jonspock.org> said:

> 3) People who have no need to use ftpd (or telnetd) does not use
> ftpd/telnetd. Thus, cleartext password is never transmitted over these
> protocols.

Even people who do use ftp/telnet can do so securely if they install
authentication. (Hint: `telnetd -a user'.)

-GAWollman

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