full-disclosure - Re: Re: open telnet port

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From: kbn at daimi.au.dk (Kim B. Nielsen)
Subject: Re: Re: open telnet port

A reasonable use for telnet is when the ssh deamon goes down, or isn't 
started on bootup because of some configuration error...

Yes, I know it isn't secure, but sometimes it can be the last resort...

/kbn

Dave Ewart wrote:

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>On Thursday, 09.09.2004 at 08:13 +0200, list@...og.org wrote:
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>>Steve Kudlak wrote:
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>>>I'll ask my friend what he does as the "just don't do x"  or just get
>>>rid of   x  never seems like a good idea.  If you try to connect with
>>>telnet rather than ssh to that box it just doesn't go through.
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>>getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea.
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>Quite so, as I suggested.
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>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).
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>Dave.
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>Dave Ewart
>Dave.Ewart@...cer.org.uk
>Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
>Cancer Research UK
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