Re: Dropping telnetd and rsh* for security reasons?
On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:37:19AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
>On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 04:15:39AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>> 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...
>
>It's useful in debugging sometimes, e.g. "telnet nameofhost 25" to test
>whether the SMTP server is responding correctly.
Use netcat instead.
$ nc anyhost.com 25
Netcat is an all around useful tool.
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Peter Hicks
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