RE: Telnet/SSL v SSH

From: Daniel Miessler (danielrm26@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/20/02 

From: "Daniel Miessler" <danielrm26@hotmail.com>
To: "'netsec novice'" <netsec9@hotmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:41:19 -0400

> Can someone help me understand the difference between SSH and Telnet
over
> SSL?

SSH is the 'secure shell', meaning that it was designed to do secure
remote terminal type activities.

Telnet over SSL is two things:

1. Telnet. Telnet is the old and insecure way of doing remote access to
*nix systems. It sends all traffic in the clear and can be sniffed
easily.

2. SSL. SSL is the 'secure socket layer'. It allows otherwise insecure
traffic to become more secure by encrypting it using SSL.

Basically, SSH is designed for doing what it does, whereas telnet over
SSL is a workaround to make telnet act more like SSH.

--danielrm26

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