[OpenAFS] remote commands

[Paul Blackburn]

amar deep kumar wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>     I have installed openafs through RPMS available at openafs.org site.
> i want to use the AFS modified remote commands (rlogon, rsh, rcp). but 
> i don't find any binaries for these commands and for AFS modified 
> inetd in my installation. can any body help me in sorting out this 
> problem.
>
> amardeep
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Hello Amar,

In most cases, SSH [0] commands can replace the r* commands.
There is an ssh for rsh, an scp for rcp, and you can login via ssh.

I would strongly encourage you to forget the r* commands
and switch to using SSH.

Why?
Because r* commands:
    a) do not encrypt your traffic
    b) make systems more vulnerable to hacking
while SSH commands:
    a) encrypt
    b) have the capability to make your systems
        less vulnerable to hacking because of stronger
        authentication.
     c) SSH provides a generic framework for making
        encrypted tunnels for client/server programs.
   
I hope this helps.
--
cheers
paul                            http://acm.org/~mpb

References:
[0] OpenSSH
     http://www.openssh.org/

[1] *Paranoid Penguin: The 101 Uses of OpenSSH: Part I*
     http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4412