Re: [Exim] web front end and SQL support

Quoth Roger Burton West on Thu, May 04, 2000:
> On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 08:41:43PM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
>
> >There are better alternatives, ofcourse. Like a Java SSH applet-
> >secure access to your servers almost anywhere on earth ;)
>
> Which is entirely useless if the local machine is compromised. And
> installing a keystroke logger on a public machine is a lot easier than
> eavesdropping on a net connection...

True. But sometimes people travel with their own (psesumably not
comprpmised) laptops and just connect them to the Net (via
Ethernet or modem) from anywhere. Or use machines owned by their
friends whom they trust. In these cases, ssh is much better than
telnet.

And if the local machine is compromised, it doesn't really matter
whether you use ssh or http+ssl.

Vadik.

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