James wrote,
>I'm very confused about the telnet setup on Mandrake 8.  I know all about
>the security risk with running telnet, and I don't plan on using it all
>the time, but I need to be able to telnet into my server, or a friends
>server to help make some changes.. I'm using windows to telnet and I don't
>have ssh.

The lack of ssh on Windows is easy to fix:  Point your browser at
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/, and follow the
"Download PuTTY!" link.  The file you want is "putty.exe".

There's nothing to install...just drop putty.exe somewhere on your hard
disk and run it.

               - Neil Parker

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