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Re: Future of kerberised telnet, login, rsh, ftp?



>>>>> "sxw" == sxw  <sxw@inf.ed.ac.uk> writes:

    sxw> Not as currently distributed. telnet will use Kerberos to
    sxw> verify the identity of the server that you're connecting
    sxw> to. If you're a site that wishes to run unpatched code, there
    sxw> isn't an open-source Unix sshd that can provide this. See
    sxw> earlier mails about GSSAPI key-exchange.

telnetd also requires patching. Standard telnet doesn't support GSSAPI
either.
-- 
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>