22.09.2022 4:45, Shawn Webb wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote: >> M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base. I >> M> think the client should remain, though. I use it frequently, although >> M> not on the telnet port. ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a >> M> perfectly reasonable usage. I use it to download FreeBSD images often. >> >> Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over nc(1)? > > I wonder if it would be worthwhile to hardlink telnet(1) to nc(1).
Telnet is much more feature-rich. For example, I use telnet to connect to IP-based remote console server that uses bunch of RS-232 async ports to setup and/or OOB-control Cisco routers and telnet has "send break" command to send BREAK signal to enter ROMMON for boot-looping device.
