I think, rsh is quite obsolete
Krzysztof Halasa
khc at pm.waw.pl
Mon Nov 13 23:40:10 UTC 2006
Steven Pritchard <steve at silug.org> writes:
> I don't think anyone would argue that about telnet (well, other than
> it not being 8-bit clean), but have you ever really looked at rsh?
> It's just *evil*. Authentication is implemented entirely client-side.
Just as with NFS for example. Is NFS evil too?
> It won't work with firewalls.
Of course it does. It can't work with dynamic NATs as it uses IP
(and reserved TCP port) for access check but rsh is just a simple
TCP connection to a well-known port.
> It has to be setuid root.
Sure, reserved TCP port.
Still, there is no replacement.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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