On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 09:51:03PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach Jose am Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 10:56:32AM +0000:
> > No telnet by default is VERY GOOD, if your talking about newbies. Use ssh, I think
> > it is installed by default.
>
> No, it's not!!! No telnet-server is good (maybe), but why exclude the
> client? Not every server is telnet enabled, you know.
Of course, and telnet is very useful to test tons of thing. Want to test
your mail server ? How do you ssh smtp ? Test a web server ? ssh on port
80 ? Try to configure a cisco ?
For newbies, explaining why ssh is (sometimes) better than telnet is
something to do. Hiding them telnet is VERY BAD. If they have a window
with a shell, they MUST learn what is telnet.
>From the man of ssh:
DESCRIPTION
ssh (SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
executing commands on a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin
and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrust�
ed hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP
ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
ssh is much better than rsh and rlogin. In no way it is a replacement for
telnet.
