Soren Jacobsen <devsoren@attbi.com> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:16:23AM +0900, henry nelson wrote:
> > Is it safe to "su" over ssh?  I wasn't sure if the following means only the
> > initial login (user id:password), or the entire session, is
> > encrypted.  TIA.
> > 
> >                                                           provide
> >        secure  encrypted  communications  between  two  untrusted
> >        hosts over an insecure network
> 
> Yes, it's safe to su over ssh. The entire session is encrypted.

Well, it is reasonably safe. Traffic analysis can still tell you far
more about a password than you would like people to know.

-- 
Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com