Re: Suggestions for remote admin of linux machines

From: Kirk Strauser (kirk_at_strauser.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:20:06 GMT

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At 2004-05-18T19:07:24Z, Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> writes:

> I like good old telnet.

All I know of is horrible old telnet. Where do you get the good, encrypted
version?

> There's a script on the servers that accesses a VERY long list of names
> (runs as root). The list is not sent over the internet, and each name is
> used only once.

Look for a Linux version of "opiekey" which generates one-time passwords.
Same idea, but more standardized and in widespread use on other system.

> Ssh takes a lot of space and other system resources that I have better
> uses for.

I'm running a giant make job on a remote machine, which is dumping tens of
thousands of lines over SSH to my local console, and `top' shows that ssh is
using less that 0.1% of my CPU. Which resources does it use that you don't
have in abundance?
- --
Kirk Strauser
The Strauser Group
Open. Solutions. Simple.
http://www.strausergroup.com/
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