For security reasons, remote access to the router is disabled by default. You must configure the router explicitly so that users on remote systems can access it. The router can be accessed from a remote system by means of the DHCP, finger, FTP, rlogin, SSH, and Telnet services. In addition, JUNOScript client applications can use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the JUNOScript-specific clear-text service, among other services.
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Note: To protect system resources, you can limit the number of simultaneous connections that a service accepts and the number of processes owned by a single user. If either limit is exceeded, connection attempts fail. |
This section discusses the following topics:
Many JUNOS protocols and services cannot be configured on a router that runs the JUNOS-FIPS software, including DHCP, finger, FTP, JUNOScript clear-text, rlogin, rsh, and Telnet.