So sprach Mark Weaver am Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:37:28AM -0500:
> Wouldn't it just be enough to close port 23 with IP chains? I like to leave
> myself a "just-in-case" entry if one or the other stops working for what ever
> reason so I can be sure to be able to get into my box should I need to. I
> have to telnet port closed to all traffice except on IP address for that very
> reason.
Sure, that does the same (as far as effects are concerned). But for the
majority of people its definitely easier to remove telnet all together, than
to setup another firewall rule.
PS: Please don't quote the whole text. It's just a waste and more
troublesome to read.
Alexander Skwar
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