Simple steps Re: [ale] Another SSH Release?

[synco gibraldter]

On 17 Sep 2003 at 14:14, synco gibraldter wrote:

> by the way, i upgraded one of my remote machines by temporarily
> enabling telnet and changing my root pass.  upon successful upgrade, i
> disabled telnet and changed my pass back.  this isn't a very SAFE
> method (especially if you're on a cable modem network) but it's a lot
> more generalized and would work for anybody's linux (not just yours).

i just noticed that Jonathan Rickman and attriel both mentioned running multple 
sshd's during the upgrade [as opposed to unsafe telnet] -- that's probably a better 
way to go.  i guess it comes down to whether you believe you're more susceptible to 
sniffing attacks or an ssh exploit ;]  take your pick.

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