> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:36:17AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> > I have installed telnet server on my unit. But I can not
>> > telnet to it from my Windows computer. How do I make it
>> > active so I telnet in to it?
>> in services, enable telnet then run chkconfig --level 2345 telnet on
>> and restart xinetd....
>
> Likewise, telnet is evil. See, telnet does not do encryption, so anyone
> with  a simple network sniffer can see your precious passwords and data
> as it travels across the wire.
>

IMO the person who did the sniffing program is the EVIL. That is if he/she
used/did that program to hack/crack systems. Dati naman noon UNIX/Linux
systems were using telnet diba?


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froilanr


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