On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Ken <ke2n@cs.com> wrote:

> > Does this stream really need to be encrypted?
>
> 73,
>
> Andrew

No it does not - but the local program needs to log into the remote system
and, unless you do something special, that requires a password. I am
learning that SSH provides a way to do that without flogging the password
around in plain text. That's the bit where encryption is involved/needed.
73
Ken

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