[lug] Beginner Question

[Riggs, Rob]

I whole-heartedly agree with Sean on this. There are very few good excuses
these days to have telnetd installed on any machine. And I can't think of
any way to use telnetd securely, except for maybe one person on private
network in a lead-lined building.


-----Original Message-----
From: John Hernandez [mailto:John.Hernandez at noaa.gov]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:43 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] Beginner Question


I would argue that telnetd is also extremely useful -- lightweight,
ubiquitous.  Granted, in many cases, sshd is preferable, however both
programs have limitations and if improperly used can both result in security
problems.