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rsh on finger output

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
attempts to log in using rsh

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This test attempts to log into the remote host
using rsh and uses the names given by the output
of finger.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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