Securing Terminal Traffic (SSH)
Terminal traffic, which is typically from the Telnet or rlogin application, is a result of remote users interacting with UNIX systems; you are probably accustomed to connecting to your FreeBSD machine remotely both to use it and to perform your administration duties. However, terminal use is probably the riskiest type of clear-text traffic—and it’s the easiest to fix. FreeBSD comes with a complete SSH (Secure Shell) package designed to supplant Telnet and rlogin. The SSH package is called OpenSSH, and it was developed originally for OpenBSD. OpenSSH allows users to establish a completely encrypted tunnel to your server, protecting their login passwords and any command-line activity from snooping intruders.
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