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Dropping telnetd and rsh* for security reasons?



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Please turn your line wraps on to about 72 columns.

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 12:12:43PM +0200, Nico Meijer wrote:

> I have only one suggestion: let's forget about telnet and keep it at
> ssh. OpenSSH is installed in a few seconds and PuTTy (for win32) is
> only a click away.

How does one request a package be removed?  Seems like now is a very
good time to drop telnetd from the distro altogether as a security
hazard, along with rsh...

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