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\C{intro} Introduction to PuTTY
connection against eavesdropping, hijacking and other attacks. Telnet
and Rlogin are both older protocols offering minimal security.
-\b Telnet allows you to pass some settings on to the server, such as
-environment variables. (These control various aspects of the
-server's behaviour. You can usually set them by entering commands
-into the server once you're connected, but it's easier to have
-Telnet do it automatically.) SSH and Rlogin do not support this.
-However, most modern Telnet servers don't allow it either, because
-it has been a constant source of security problems.
-
\b SSH and Rlogin both allow you to log in to the server without
having to type a password. (Rlogin's method of doing this is
insecure, and can allow an attacker to access your account on the