Re: Telnet

[Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>]

On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 14:01:38 -0500
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> The question is whether anyone should be running a telnetd *server*.
> On an isolated network, it might be acceptable.  But it's really a bad
> habit that should be stomped out aggressively, as machines which are
> currently on an isolated network might not remain there forever.

I concur, and would add that even on an isolated network one should
prefer ssh. First, to be in the right habit. Second because it will do
things that telnet won't, like tunnel X.

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