Re: telnet and harden-clients

Try: # aptitude why-not telnet On 09/29/2012 06:46 PM, lina wrote: Hi, I have the harden-clients installed. when I tried to install the telnet, it showed me conflict. # aptitude why telnet Unable to find a reason to install telnet. I am just curious how telnet work. Is it not so

telnet and harden-clients

Hi, I have the harden-clients installed. when I tried to install the telnet, it showed me conflict. # aptitude why telnet Unable to find a reason to install telnet. I am just curious how telnet work. Is it not so secure to have it? or what make it conflict with that package. Thanks for your

Re: telnet and harden-clients

I think that is because everything in telnet is sent in plaintext... password included. It is also vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet#Security 2012/9/29 lina lina.lastn...@gmail.com: Hi, I have the harden-clients installed. when I tried to