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Subject: Re: rcp/rsh on Cisco routers
From: paul @ hawksbill . sprintmrn . com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:27:54 -0500 (EST)
To: steve @ interaccess . com (Steve Norton)
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <Pine . BSI . 3 . 91 . 950330223333 . 4549B-100000 @ flowbee . interaccess . com> from "Steve Norton" at Mar 30, 95 10:36:53 pm

steve @
 interaccess .
 com:

> 
> I noticed in a recent Cisco IOS 10.2 document that their routers can now 
> act as rcp & rsh servers and clients.  Is it just me, or did everyone 
> else gasp and shriek at the concept of host based authentication services 
> on core node routers?  I understand this could be convenient, but I hope 
> Cisco has provided a way to disable this feature, which could turn out to 
> be an enormous security hole in Cisco based firewalls.
> 
>


Its disabled by default.

- paul
 
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Paul Ferguson                         
US Sprint                                          tel: 703.689.6828
Managed Network Engineering                   internet: paul @
 hawk .
 sprintmrn .
 com
Reston, Virginia  USA                             http://www.sprintmrn.com 


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