On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 06:24:45PM -0500, Jared wrote: > Why is it considered unacceptable to run Telnet on an exposed host? Is there > any way for someone to snag your unencrypted passwords if they're not on your > local, non-switched network? Yes. They could have access to any of the machines your packets travel through (use traceroute to see just how large that number can be...) or any of those machines' local networks. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss