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From: Ron Johnson on 14 Jun 2010 10:50
On 06/14/2010 07:51 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:32:35AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> Regarding ssh: this was the first entry when I Googled "ssh vs. telnet":
>> http://blogs.sun.com/JayzSpeak/entry/telnet_vs_ssh
>
> That misses an important point. SSH happens to be more secure. But it is
> also way more usable. Password-less authentication, Decent tab
> completion for scp, X forwarding, and many more.
>

That was all (except maybe for the tab completion) in the Wikipedia
article.

> Which is why Real Men use telnet, but the rest of us sane folks use ssh.
>

Flawed logic, but I'll let it pass.

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done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental
disaster, you need people with high IQs."
Thomas Sowell


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