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Macintosh Users
Encrypt your telnet and FTP terminal applications
Telnet and FTP terminal applications are vulnerable because they transfer
information in a plain text format. A vulnerability like this can put
your data in danger of being intercepted by someone with bad intentions.
Follow the directions below to prevent this form happening.
| Telnet Terminal Applications |
- Usually used
for the e-mail program Pine or web page modification
- Upgrade your
current telnet terminal application with SecureMac
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| FTP Terminal Applications |
- FTP stands
for File Transfer Protocol
- Fetch 5.2
will be used to FTP
- Fetch 5.2
is packaged with ITS's SecureMac installer.
- You will use
Kerberos via Fetch 5.2 to connect to the ITS server
- Kerberos is
a network authentication tool that is packaged with SecureMac.
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| Web Publishing Clients |
- People who use programs like Dreamweaver and
Netscape Composer to create and publish web pages.
- Download and
use a "tunnel" to make your connections to ITS servers
secure, while still being able to use your program's publish or
FTP tool.
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