[ILUG] Question about ssh

[Michael Watterson]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Fri 03 Aug 2007, Paul Barry wrote:
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>> I bring putty on my usb-stick and have an ssh applet on my own https
>> server. 
>>     
>
> This is probably a very ignorant question,
> but why not just open an ssh port on the server,
> and use putty on the remote machine?
> Is this unsafe?
>
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If there is local malware on the remote PC you use putty on, there could 
be a problem, though the risk may be low.
* keylogger is the simplest threat.
As discussed earlier there are more complex attacks that are ver much 
less likely.

Now if you could boot the PC from USB stick ...

-- 
Mike