Re: SSH for internal

Dear Ken, What can SSH help to improve security? where I can get more information? Thanks.  

kenny_60559_at_yahoo.com (KENNY L. CHEN) wrote in message news:<83f59352.0202040018.6d78738b_at_posting.google.com>...
> yoeyyo_at_kittymail.com (Andy) wrote in message news:<76f13445.0202031851.6d0c5c1a_at_posting.google.com>...
> > There are databases running in our UNIX platform, the client are using
> > "telnet" to access the database, my friend tell me to use internal SSH
> > can improve security, is it suitable in my system? what can SSH
> > improve when internal use?
> > Thanks!
>
> ==========
> Hello..
>
> Ya, the data transmitted via telnet can be "peeped" by several ways
> (like sniffer) That may be a security problem if the internal users
> intend to do so.
>
> You may get SSH server from most UNIX-based OS like HP or LINUX. But
> you should know SSH is not a standard product yet for most of vendors,
> you may implement by yourself and use at your own risk.
>
> Once you install SSH server successfully, you may use SSH client
> instead of telnet.For end users , they can't feel the difference since
> it work just like telnet.
>
> We successfully install SSH on our Red hat 7.0 as Gateway for telnet
> users over internet.
>
> KEN L. CHEN
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 02:51:41 CET