also sprach Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net> [2002.10.08.1247 +0200]:
> The problem with e.g. telnet isn't really that it shouldn't be used for
> anything, but that it shouldn't be used by somebody. It is quite OK to
> use to check what the webserver responds to a particular request, for
> example. But, you wouldn't want ma to use it and send her password in
> cleartext.
Use netcat for that.
> That way, people with correct privileges could still use telnet for
> sensible things, yet the admin would be warned if they did something
> very careless with other packages.
How would the admin be warned?
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