[ale] Known SSH exploits?

Jonathan Rickman jonathan at xcorps.net
Mon Oct 14 09:03:06 EDT 2002


On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Jeff Layton wrote:

>    Corporate security where I work (who shall remain nameless
> for the moment :) has decreed that SSH is to be outlawed because
> there are known exploits. I'm starting to do a little investigation
> on this issue, but I know there are some security experts on the
> list who might be able to shed some light on this (Bob T. are you
> there? :)
>    Just to add a little comedy to your morning, SSH is outlawed,
> but telnet is allowed and encouraged.

I'm not going to go into great detail here. I'll just keep it simple.

Your Corporate Security Department should be fired.

--
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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