full-disclosure - Re: Re: open telnet port

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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: Re: Re: open telnet port

On 9 Sep 2004, at 06:28, ktabic wrote:
>> Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any 
>> more?
>> (That is a genuine question - as far as I can see, SSH is always a
>> perfect replacement).
>
> How about, as a service to enable as you are updating SSH remotely from
> the other side of the country to fix the most recent problem security
> problem and need a backup system to get into the server in the event
> that something goes wrong?

Restarting the SSH daemon won't kill open sessions.
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