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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:

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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.
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Dave.Ewart () cancer org uk
Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
Cancer Research UK
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