Subject: RE: Unofficial macppc 2.1 ISO for old world machines
To: William Duke <wduke@cogeco.ca>
From: Pangrazio, Robert Thomas (UMR-Student) <rtp6xc@umr.edu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/21/2005 12:08:01
I like ssh because you can do X forwarding in one command
ssh -X username@hostmachine
Then you can start you X programs with out having to modify environment
variables.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: port-macppc-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:port-macppc-owner@NetBSD.org]
On Behalf Of William Duke
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:00 PM
To: Peter Seebach; port-macppc@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: Unofficial macppc 2.1 ISO for old world machines=20
> From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach)
> Reply-To: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach)
> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:47:57 -0600
> To: port-macppc@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Unofficial macppc 2.1 ISO for old world machines
>=20
> In message <BFA771EA.4D23%wduke@cogeco.ca>, William Duke writes:
>> What about ssl or ssh?
>=20
> ssh offers a good replacement for telnet.
>=20
>> Now, If you were running big bad important servers that the security
of the
>> nation were dependent on, then telnet might not be the solution for
you.
>> If, however, you're a newbie to unix or you're just playing with the
darn
>> things for something to do, as many folk are with these old 68k and
ppc
>> machines, security probably isn't going to be a big concern for you.
I
>> mean, world war three isn't going to be started by little Johnny
>> compromising the security of little Jimmy's G3 Powermac.
>=20
> Yes, but bad security is habit-forming.
I use telnet all the time. However, my network is behind a firewall and
comprises about four or five old ppc and 68k machines, and contain no
data
of any significance. Truth be told, I don't even bother with backups on
these machines. Reason: ROI. The return on my time & energy
investment
is virtually nil because I have nothing on these machines that "cannot"
be
lost.
Perhaps my situation is unique, but that's unlikely. I will routinely
format my drives just to install something new or different. They're
playthings for me. Nothing more and nothing less.