Re: Telnet vs PcAnywhere

[Sean Knox <sean.knox () sbcglobal net>]

Tony Lindsey wrote:

> In my discussions with the firewall administrators, security people, network engineers, server administrators, etc...it 
> seems as though the people are using telnet and pcAnywhere interchangeably.  I was always under the impression that 
> telnet was more restrictive.
>
>  
Quite the opposite. Telnet transmits all data in clear text; passwords 
and sesssion data alike. In other words, it's completely insecure. Most 
people use SSH as a replacement as the sessions are encrypted. 
PcAnywhere is used on Windows servers to provide remote administration 
through the Windows GUI (VNC, Terminal Server, and Citrix are others 
that do this as well). Telnet/SSH traditionally is for UNIX machines and 
give access to a remote console.

Sean