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From: Thomas Wu <tjw@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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Subject: Re: FTP versus Telnet connect
Date: 11 Aug 1998 12:42:41 -0700
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charlie@pc.antipope.org (Charlie Stross) writes:
>
> [ snip -- client runs an ftpd on their firewall, but not telnetd ]
>
> Have you considered trying to convince your client to run some kind
> of secure connection, like ssh or rlogin with something like Kerberos
> authentication or DES encryption? Kermit will work over rlogin (though
Kermit already supports SRP for authentication and encryption on the
Telnet side; making this work for FTP might be an excellent option. This
would integrate cleanly with ftpd and doesn't require any additional
configuration on the firewall end.
--
Tom Wu * finger -l tjw@xenon.stanford.edu for PGP key *
E-mail: tjw@cs.Stanford.EDU "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT,
Phone: (650) 723-1565 or better,' so I installed Linux."
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