Enabling ftp and Telnet into a YDL box

[Brian McKee]

You can keep the telnet client - as Bill says sometimes you need it
and sometimes it's useful.
But PLEASE dump the telnet *SERVER*
Two separate packages.
telnet              is the telnet client package
telnet-server       shouldn't be used under almost all conditions



On Monday, October 4, 2004, at 02:51  PM, Longman, Bill wrote:

>>> Just a note on telnet - ditch it unless you absolutely need
>> it. Use ssh
>>> instead. I don't really know the nuts and bolts, but I've
>> read enough
>>> from folks that do who all say telnet is rife with security
>> problems.
>>>
>>> g'luck
>>
>>
>> yeah the app itself is fine, its the protocol that is
>> unsecure, it sends
>> everything as clear text across the network, so anyone snooping your
>> network would be able see passwords etc...
>
> Yes, the data is easily visible to anyone on your IP network. But some
> devices (dumb hubs or even most Cisco routers) only talk telnet, so you
> still might need it. Lots of Linux folks forget this and start 
> screaming
> bloody murder about using telnet. And the other uber-useful thing about
> telnet is debugging TCP connections:
>
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