Re: Don't allow incoming telnet

[Scott_Patterson@andersonsinc.com]

>Hi.
>How do I stop telnet sessions coming IN?
>(I only want users to use ssh)
>
>grep telnet /etc/services shows:
>    telnet          23/tcp
>    rtelnet         107/tcp    # Remote Telnet
>    rtelnet         107/udp
>
> telnet /etc/services shows:
>    telnet         stream  tcp     nowait  \
>    telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>
>Presumably I can just uncomment the /etc/services entry?
>
>Thanks for any help
>Rory

Remove it if you can (I forget if it's a seperate package):
apt-get --purge remove telnet

or

Don't run the telnet daemon:
/etc/init.d/telnet stop

Then, make it never start up at boot time by (correct syntax?):
update-rc.d -f telnet remove

HTH,
Scott