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[Full-Disclosure] Re: Re: open telnet port
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- Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Re: open telnet port
- From: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:23:24 +0100
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On Thursday, 09.09.2004 at 08:13 +0200, list@xxxxxxxxx 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
Dave.Ewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
Cancer Research UK
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