Re: How safe is SU?

[kmself@ix.netcom.com]

On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 01:16:23PM -0700, A farmer using BSD, eh! wrote:
> "Chris K. Young" wrote:
> > 
> > Quoted from A farmer using BSD, eh!:
> > > - is SU process encrypted?
> > 
> > Not of itself. You can run it under SSH though.
> > 
> Thanks Chris.  Do you know where I can read about the reasons and
> logic behind why SU process is not on ssh transparently by
> default in OBSD?  I am pittifully ignorant in this regard. 

su is not a network protocol, it is a means of substituting a userid for
the currently active UID on the current host.  Network security is an
independent problem.

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