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.
Difference between the telnet client (telnet, to which you refer) and
the telnet daemon (telnetd, to which Paul referred).
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Jamin W. Collins
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you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar
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