Hi Brad, >I've just been trying to get access to an access point that only allows >telnet access. > >I'm using bering ulibc 2.4.1 > >I installed the netkit telnet pacakge (30 some K) >which requires (but does not list that it requires) >libcxx (300 some K) and libm (200 some K). > >That's one heavy telnet package. And I can't even connect to the access >point after all that (I added > >Telnet/ACCEPT fw loc > >to my shorewall rules and there are no errors in the log file - it just >times out. > >I looked around a bit and see that busybox has a built-in telnet... Any >reason that it's not available? > A few reasons: Busybox telnet is a telnet daemon, not a client. Telnet is unsafe and almost legacy. It's not really a good idea to have a telnet client on a firewall ( security wise), so adding it by default is a no go.
But why do you want to connect to your accesspoint from the Bering- uClibc system instead of from a host pc? >brad > Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/