On 29-Jul-2001 Jim Kaufman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 11:57:01PM -0400, Jan Carlson wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:35:58PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > Does anyone know whether the telnet server that comes with RedHat 6.2 (or
>> > 7.1,
>> > for that matter) is affected by this?
>>
>> I am curious - why would you want to use a telnet server on Linux?
>> You can replace it with ssh and talk to that with free ssh clients
>> that are available on every important OS.
>
> I hear this question a lot. Well, I was in England on business recently.
> There are a lot of places that will rent you time on a computer there,
> but none of the computers that I rented time on had an ssh client. By
> setting up a telnet server on a non-standard port on my home machine, I
> had the ability to get in, check my mail, and get out.
>
> For those who don't travel to England, what about using a public machine
> at a library to check your mail. How many of those have ssh clients?
When I'm travelling, I carry a floppy with putty.exe and pscp.exe on it. Both
can be run from the floppy without any installation. (I also have both programs
on my web site for a quick download in case I'm caught without my floppy.)
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