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Re: Re: Re: open telnet port
From: "Kim B. Nielsen" <kbn () daimi au dk>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:17:00 +0200
A reasonable use for telnet is when the ssh deamon goes down, or isn't started on bootup because of some configuration error...
Yes, I know it isn't secure, but sometimes it can be the last resort... /kbn Dave Ewart wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 09.09.2004 at 08:13 +0200, list () nolog org wrote:Steve Kudlak wrote:I'll ask my friend what he does as the "just don't do x" or just get rid of x never seems like a good idea. If you try to connect with telnet rather than ssh to that box it just doesn't go through.getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea.Quite so, as I suggested. Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any more? (That is a genuine question - as far as I can see, SSH is always a perfect replacement). Dave.- -- Dave EwartDave.Ewart () cancer org uk Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBQBL8bpQs/WlN43ARAr0TAJ9N340MHUdsbQV3iiW2rD4sXWNjEwCg4/wm yh0Fe7/G58Dgu+pKoSJAtGM= =hCDd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: Re: open telnet port Dave Ewart (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Kim B. Nielsen (Sep 09)
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- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Barrie Dempster (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Kim B. Nielsen (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: open telnet port Steve Kudlak (Sep 08)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Kenneth Ng (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Dave Ewart (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Haninger (Sep 09)
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- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port ktabic (Sep 09)