Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Re: open telnet port

["Kim B. Nielsen" <kbn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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> > Steve Kudlak wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea.
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> Quite so, as I suggested.
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> 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).
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> Dave.
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> Dave Ewart
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> Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
> Cancer Research UK
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