some people on this list said >telnet is evil., telnet does not do encryption, telnet is a remnant of the past and some other silly things
telnet _perse_ is _not_ evil, it's a _good_ _useful_ tool thats why every OS that i know of has it why? because it's a good tool ( go ssh on port 110 to see check if pop3 is working , bah it would be great if you could go ssh FQDN 25 and do helo dude ) BUT ofcourse _you_ people already _know_ that runing a telnet server (telnetd) is another thing and is dangerous, i know you people are pertaining to this , ofcourse sshd _is_ and in most or even in every aspect _better_ ( but don't let that fool you, and make you so comfortable and give you a false sense of security, sshd has its own share of _exploits_ too ) from http://teso.scene.at/sshd_statement.php TESO Security, and many other research groups started researching this vulnerability back in February, and to the best knowledge of TESO there are more than six different exploits for this vulnerability, which are not disclosed. so the moral of this boring email "right tool for the right job" alien? can telnet do encryption?? http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2946.html -Dek [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Profile, Don't Speculate" _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
