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A keyhole for your system's back door

Posted by dcparris on · 2 comments
Linux.com; By Anže Vidmar 		Mail this story
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While a properly set up SSH service can give you secure remote access to a server, you might not like the idea of having an SSH server always running on your machine. Secure Back Door (SBD) can open an encrypted connection to your system, allowing you to remotely execute any operating system commands for example start your SSH or Web server or reboot the server.

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Comments (2)

erikb5 ·
It's a just a really bad idea to replace a tested and supported application like SSH by something that hasn't evolved in a while, doesn't describe how it's security is done, and hasn't been reviewed by other security experts.

The few comments on the linux.com site are quiet explicit. Even the author replies on the site as an Anonymous Reader. Smells very fishy.
tuxchick ·
It does indeed sound odd, and the article author does readers a disservice by recommending it at all, instead of calling it interesting but experimental.

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