SSH between computers on LAN

[Derek Broughton]

Brian wrote:

> On Fri 23 Jan 2009 at 22:03:33 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> Netcat is simply the geek's version of telnet.  It's highly insecure, and
>> you really shouldn't be running telnet servers if there's any chance that
>> somebody outside  your LAN can get to them.
> 
> Combine ssh with netcat if encrypting the data transferred is desirable.

???  Could you give an example of that?  I don't  see the point.