On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 10:06:36PM +1100, Tony Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 20:33, henry wrote:
> > Dear Sirs:
[snip]
> I would also make the suggestion that telnet is an insecure tool for
> remote access and should be used with caution. Consider using ssh in
> its place.
Henry,
I suggest you do a "ngrep -d YOURINTERFACE" or "tcpdump -i YOURINTERFACE"
and see what is going on while you are trying to telnet.
*EVERYTHING* (in passwords, usernames) is in clear text and readable
by anyone ............
if you need to "ssh" from a windows box to a linux box use "putty".
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