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Re: Re: Re: open telnet port
From: "Volker Tanger" <volker.tanger () detewe de>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:18:16 +0200
Greetings!
getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea.Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any[...] need a backup system to get into the server in the event that something goes wrong?
Install an out-band management access, e.g. via encrypted call-back modem. This can be easily achieved via standard mgetty and inittab. This way you have a (serial) console working if the network has gone sour - something that can quite easily happen if managing remote firewalls... ;-) Bye Volker Tanger ITK Security _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port, (continued)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Barrie Dempster (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Haninger (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Gary E. Miller (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Haninger (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port ktabic (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Haninger (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Paul W. Roach III (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Farmer (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Kenneth Ng (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Volker Tanger (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Dave Ewart (Sep 09)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port ktabic (Sep 10)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Farmer (Sep 10)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Gary E. Miller (Sep 10)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Farmer (Sep 10)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Gary E. Miller (Sep 11)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Andrew Farmer (Sep 11)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Gary E. Miller (Sep 12)
- Re: Re: Re: Re: open telnet port ktabic (Sep 11)
- Re: Re: Re: open telnet port Barry Fitzgerald (Sep 09)