Re: [NTLK] Who Wants Shell Access?

From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Tue Nov 18 2003 - 09:57:23 PST


On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:10:44AM -0500, donald wrote:
> If the shell acct we had available had the ability to SSH out to other
> systems, it'd solve a problem I often have, because I have shell
> accounts, but I have to SSH into them.
>
> Any chance our $10 (I'd likely add a tip onto that) would allow us to
> telnet into the acct as well?

Bad idea, for the same reasons your other shell accounts are denying it.
$10 a year is far too little money to risk having someone's shell host
0wnd.

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