Well, excuse me! I'm sorry I tried to help with what knowledge I had. First, your original message just wanted to merge telnet - that got answered. I also gave you the same (good) advice I've gotten and seen given many times - in fact I'm surprised someone else didn't give it to you too as has been done before on this list. It's not being or sounding smart - it is simple good advice. Telnet is insecure - period. Ssh was developed to be a secure alternative. Not knowing your level of competence I passed on what has been good advice to me and many others who have appreciated it.
Finally, I don't have to know about mailservers. I know enough to know that telnet and ssh can be used to see if a service is active. That appeared to be what you wanted. As I said, you can take the advice or leave it. If telnet will work for you and you can live with it's insecurities then use it. On Saturday 27 December 2003 16:38, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > How can someone give advice on security issues if he doesn't even know what > a 'telnet mailserver 25' can do???? > That is basic networking knowledge. If you want to debug a mailserver > telnet is the best tool out there logon to a mail server. > > > I quote from some earlier post of yours: > """I would assume ssh localhost smtp and see what you get back.""" > > I hate it if people try to sound smart if they come up with: > > "Unfortunately, many people use telnet for a lot of reasons and > don't realize how insecure it is" > > First time I emerge telnet I kind of was pissed that you cannot emerge > telnet daemon and telnet client as single packages, because I don't know > how much sense it makes to install telnet server on a linux box, but I'd > rate telnet client as a must have tool on any linux box. > > > As I said - I was only trying to help. > > > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 12:05, you wrote: > > > Please check it before u send it here ... > > > is it meant to be a joke ? > > > > > > noro > > > > > > Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > >I would assume ssh localhost smtp and see what you get back. > > > > > > > >On Saturday 27 December 2003 10:08, you wrote: > > > >>Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > >>>Or use openssh instead of telnet. It does everything telnet does > > > >>> and > > is > > > > >>>more secure. > > > >> > > > >>U must know something I do not ... > > > >>how can u substitute " telnet localhost smtp " > > > >>using ssh to check if mailserver is alive ? > > > >> > > > >>noro > > > > > > > >-- > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
