Re: network sniffing question

From: Pat (do_not_email_at_me.com)
Date: 04/29/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:23:07 -0400

hummm... I don't know about that bro, doing such things can be bad for your
reputation is big companies.
I suggest you never do that or else you can ruin your reputation. there are
better ways, like convincing by educating and that's what I'm going to do.

it's funny but it always take time to bring a change to big companies...
after all you're the new guy and they know everthing :)

take care.

"David" <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1jora.664213$L1.189049@sccrnsc02...
> Pat wrote:
> > thanks for your answers guys.
> >
> > well actually I've been always using SSH myself and all my
> > servers use ssh.
> >
> > the problem I'm having is to convice the "senior sysadmin"
> > that loging into the system as root using telnet is a bad
> > idea. I've even showed him that it's a mistake by using
> > tcpdump and getting the root password but he's conviced that
> > we have no use for ssh.
> >
> > I'm just trying to convice this guy that kermit and korn shell
> > and telnet are old stuff!!
>
> Login as root and change the root password and wait for him to
> get worried that the system has been CRACKED.
> Then explain to him how easy it was to "own" the system due to
> the use of telnet.
>
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