Re: utelnetd

[peter@easthope.ca]

    From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
    Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:45:14 -0500
> Hmm...`xterm` is unrelated: you'd run `telnet` or `ssh` *inside* 
> `xterm`, no *instead of* `xterm`.

OK, I understand that.  If X11 is running you use xterm or similar. If 
X11 is not running you can do "ssh localhost" on the command line of a 
virtual console.

> When you want to "log into localhost" you can usually use `su` instead
> of `ssh/telnet`.  This said, I sometimes use `ssh` anyway (typically in
> scripts) ...

I considered only the live interactive case.  Not a script.

> Presumably encryption is not needed for localhost ...

Exactly what I meant with "Naively, I wouldn't expect TLS to be 
necessary for localhost.  When a miscreant has access to a machine, 
TLS on a local console connection probably won't help."

Thx,                 ... P.

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