> Basically it's telnet over SSL. Much more secure. > > [timh@r2d2 timh]$ grep 992 /etc/services > telnets 992/tcp telnet protocol over TLS/SSL > telnets 992/udp telnet protocol over TLS/SSL
Great.. now that I know what it is, the best part would be to understand why it is there and why it (if it really is telnets) is started/stopped when I start/stop ypbind.. Does it listen on 992 by default ? If yes, then I suspect nmap, finding something listening on 992 has identified it as telnets on this basis. After restarting ypbind, it listens on another port, and is no longer identified as telnets. BTW, what is the point of telnet over ssl ? I mean given that ssh is there.. Thanks, Thomas.
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