Matt Alexander wrote: > Roderick Ford wrote: > >> Okay Darrin, >> I do have a question for you. >> Is rsh bad for security on an internal LAN if the members of the LAN >> are fully trusted? >> >> The situation is this: I use ssh as my PVM_RSH already for the Linux >> boxes, but am trying to pull in the childrens' Windows (please excuse >> the bad language) boxes using PVM3.4. So if my 5 year oldest child >> wants to hack into my internal boxes via the insecurities of RSH, then >> I will encourage him to do so at my expense, for his experience. >> However, behind my firewall that gives me some sense of security, is >> rsh still a external network risk? >> >> Rod >> >> > > You could also use SSH with PVM if you want to give your 5 year old a > bigger challenge. ;-) > Set PVM_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh and setup password-less logins with > ssh-keygen. This would simplify your server config too. > ~M > > > > D'oh! Where's that retract email button again. I just reread your email and you already said you're using SSH with PVM. Gah, I was up too late last night... Ooh! What's that over there?!?! ~M --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss