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Why SSH is secured over telnet

Why SSH is secured over telnet?

Hi folks,

Why telnet is not secured and why SSh is secured?

Regards
Thanveer
"Everybody is genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is a stupid."       

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david.tran
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telnet is in the clear while ssh is not.  In other words, the information travel over the wire can be seen in clear text by the intruder without having to deciper the data.  Not so with SSH. 

Similar argument can be made with http and http(s).

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david.tran
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telnet is in the clear while ssh is not.  In other words, the information travel over the wire can be seen in clear text by the intruder without having to deciper the data.  Not so with SSH. 

Similar argument can be made with http and http(s).

Thankq

Regards
Thanveer
"Everybody is genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is a stupid."

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