[PLUG] Fun with IPTables

[Brian Beattie]

On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 13:35 -0700, Rogan Creswick wrote:
> On 7/28/06, Tim Slighter <tcslighter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The real solution is to revert back to direct cable connection for home
> > networks and toss the wireless stuff.
> 
> How does this prevent some one on the other end of the connection from
> sniffing your password?  How do you know there are no malicious
> monitors between your isp and your destination?  Wired networks aren't
> really that much more secure than wireless.

ssh does not send passwords in the clear, ALL ssh traffic is encrypted
using public key exchange.

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