Re: Suggestion for Improving Debian Workstation Builds
On Wed, 2025-07-30 at 18:00 +0100, Joe wrote:
> I always install the Telnet client, for quick and dirty
> troubleshooting, but rarely use it.
You should not (ab)use a telnet client for anything but to connect to
something that implements the telnet protocol (which is rare these
days).
If you want to troubleshoot other protocols using a generic, protocol-
neutral connection, you should use a tool like netcat/nc (which has
several implementations included in Debian) or socat (which has more
features, but can also be used for this purpose), or similar.
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Jan Claeys
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