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Re:FreeBSD deprecates all r-cmds (rcp, rlogin, etc.) by peterwwillis on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @10:12AM (#14702512)
I think the engineers setting up red/black networks for the military might disagree with you, but even in the enterprise 802.1X can result in a secure local network.

I would say trust is a result of the operation of the network, as you may need to do something to establish it. And in this vein you're right, "networks you already trust" definitely would have been better wording.

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Re:FreeBSD deprecates all r-cmds (rcp, rlogin, etc.) by richardwhiuk on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:06AM (#14702950)
No. You can't use rlogin on a 802.1X network or a red/black network. Passwords are transmitted in plain text, which means any other terminal on the network can sniff the password.
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Re:FreeBSD deprecates all r-cmds (rcp, rlogin, etc.) by peterwwillis on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:36AM (#14703232)
Red networks are intended for classified plaintext, by definition...
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Re:FreeBSD deprecates all r-cmds (rcp, rlogin, etc.) by richardwhiuk on Sunday July 16, 2017 @05:01AM (#14781197)
Passwords aren't classified plain text, they are authentication details and should be handled differently.
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