Re: open & close telnet
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 12:31:56PM -0800, Kevin English wrote:
> Your friend probably disabled telnet in the
> /etc/inetd.conf which is probably a good thing. If I
> were you, I would leave it disabled . . try ssh, if
> you need a Window 98 client, download PuTTY from
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Or you can use TeraTerm or SecureCRT (search the net).
Even when you are in a secure environment you should use ssh just to make it a
good habit. Since OpenSSH came out (thanx to OpenBSD) there's really no excuse
for using telnet, rlogin or any of those insecure ports.
If youre connected to the net it's a sin to use any unencrypted connections. If
you don't believe me try logging the attempts to connect to your computer. I'm
on a 10Mbit fiber connection and I get scanned once or twice every day...
--
Sven Esbjerg
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