full-disclosure - Re: Re: open telnet port

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Message-ID: <16705.6204.892362.534740@mail.linux-delhi.org>
From: raju at linux-delhi.org (Raj Mathur)
Subject: Re: Re: open telnet port

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>>>>> "Barry" == Barry Fitzgerald <bkfsec@....lonestar.org> writes:

    Barry> Dave Ewart wrote:
    >> Quite so, as I suggested.

    >> 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).

    Barry> Sure - a situation where a system needs a low-bandwidth/low
    Barry> CPU-use shell-based communication protocol and sniffing is
    Barry> not an issue for whatever reason.

Remove low-bandwidth from the list of requirements, since ssh can
compress traffic on the fly and reduce bandwidth consumption
significantly.

    Barry> [snip]

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