Re: telnet and harden-clients
I think that is because everything in telnet is sent in plaintext...
password included. It is also vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet#Security
2012/9/29 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have the harden-clients installed.
>
> when I tried to install the telnet,
>
> it showed me conflict.
>
> # aptitude why telnet
> Unable to find a reason to install telnet.
>
> I am just curious how telnet work. Is it not so secure to have it? or
> what make it conflict with that package.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Best regards,
>
>
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