Peter Tribble wrote: > On 9/13/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote: > >> Sure, but I'm not sure we need to be in quite such a hurry to toss out >> telnet; last I knew, Windows didn't include an ssh client or server - >> has that changed? > > I'm not aware it has a telnet client worth diddly-squat. >
I wasn't measuring worth, just that "telnet" in a DOS prompt is essentially the only thing bundled in XP which lets you login to anything that ain't running Windows. I don't run Vista, so more recent data would be welcomed. > When I started my current job, I asked why telnet was used > instead of ssh, and was told that implementing ssh would be hard > because users wouldn't have a client. Turns out they were all using > putty as a telnet client... > Gotta like that! But of course it wasn't bundled with XP. > Even my phone has pocketputty on it. > Nice phone ;-) Dave
