Okay okay... I know that SSH is a great way to secure passwords, but I wasn't around when they decided what to use.
Although telnet is the standard for my company, we do have another way to protect passwords from being captured.
We use the SecurID technology that only allows for 1 time unique passwords for all users logging in to our systems. It is used with a PIN that the user has and a rotating 6 digit number that changes every 60 seconds.
I might be wrong on this, but SecurID is a very good security measure to protect passwords.
Don't get me wrong SSH is great, but my company has the SecurID technology as our enterprise solution.