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Re: telnetd vulnerability from BUGTRAQ



Dale Amon wrote:

>The question asked was "why is anyone still using telnet
>when there is ssh". 
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>
[snip]

>So no, I was not replying about Debian fixes, I was replying
>to the general question of 'why telnet at all'.
>  
>

I know I will open a can of worms here, but telnet might actually be a
better solution than ssh if you are using IPSec. I would say IPSec
obsoletes ssh in favour of telnet.

- Adam

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