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Re: Re: Re: open telnet port


From: Andrew Farmer <andfarm () teknovis com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:48:21 -0700

On 9 Sep 2004, at 06:28, ktabic wrote:
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).

How about, as a service to enable as you are updating SSH remotely from
the other side of the country to fix the most recent problem security
problem and need a backup system to get into the server in the event
that something goes wrong?

Restarting the SSH daemon won't kill open sessions.

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