Greetings, I do not want to try this until I get some advice :) I don't have telnetd and of course, this is so for obvious reasons. However, I am thinking if installing something like a chat server which defaults to port 7000 would be a big security breach (and telnetd is not needed for this, only telnet or telnet-ssl).
The chat server (Amnuts221-patched) will be reached by telneting to port 7000. If I allow the firewall to open this port (so far the only open ports on this machine are 25, 443 and 80) will this be considered a security risk? Other than having the chat server closed and leaving that port open without the service...Is there a more secure alternative? Joe M.
