I think, rsh is quite obsolete

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Steven Pritchard <steve at silug.org> writes:

> I don't think anyone would argue that about telnet (well, other than
> it not being 8-bit clean), but have you ever really looked at rsh?
> It's just *evil*.  Authentication is implemented entirely client-side.

Just as with NFS for example. Is NFS evil too?

> It won't work with firewalls.

Of course it does. It can't work with dynamic NATs as it uses IP
(and reserved TCP port) for access check but rsh is just a simple
TCP connection to a well-known port.

>  It has to be setuid root.

Sure, reserved TCP port.

Still, there is no replacement.
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Krzysztof Halasa