Re: anyone using telnet
> on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:07:51PM -0400, Peter Cordes (peter@llama.nslug.ns.ca) wrote:
> > Don't even bother with telnet, it's obsolete. Install sshd on any
> > machines that don't have it yet, and don't install telnet on the
> > public machine.
>
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:46:34PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> In this context, I agree with the statements above (a public access
> kiosk should use SSH). However, telnet of itself remains a useful
> _client_, largely for accessing arbitrary services for testing.
>
> I would tend to support rooting out all instances of telnet _daemons_
> (servers). However I don't see a great deal of harm in providing a
> telent client to informed users. Likely not those you'd find on a
> public access system.
>
I don't even use it for that. I install netcat on all of my boxes that I
test from, and it works great, and it exits with a ^C instead of a "^] quit".
Mike
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