Hence the incentive for them to use ssh to get into your box.  If you
were talking about going the other way (i.e. you login to a host that
doesn't run sshd) you still have a telnet client, you just aren't
offering telnetd as a server for people to connect to on your box.

Hugh

"Matt W." wrote:
> 
> Doesn't one need ssh running on the other end to be able to connect?  If an
> "other end" doesn't offer ssh, you're kind of stuck by disabling telnet, no?
> (I know that et does offer ssh.)
> 
> Matt W.
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