Re: telnet sucks

[Gustaf Erikson <gustafe@home.se>]

"Mark Lanett" <mlanett@frohike.com> writes:

> From: "David Turetsky" <davidturetsky@earthlink.net>
> 
> > I use telnet all the time. I'd be very interested in hearing about a
> > better alternative
> 
> ssh.
> 
> I have the telnet client installed but not the server (In fact I have no
> inetd services installed). If I needed to telnet into work then I'd expect
> the network administrator to install ssh there as well. Running telnetd on a
> company firewall would be like handing out source code on the street corner.
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So? rms does that all the time... ;-)

Got to agree about ssh, though. Much better than telnet. 

Add a non-us source to your sources list and install it today!

/g.

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