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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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