Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-25 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:42:18AM -0700, Warren Young wrote:
> It doesn’t look like CentOS 7’s in.telnetd supports this anyway.  I
> base that on two bits of evidence: 
> 
> 1. The man page: " -a authmode  ...not available in the current version.”
> 
> 2. ldd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd doesn’t show that it’s linked to libgssapi.

You'd have to use the clients in krb5-appl-clients and the telnetd in
krb5-appl-servers.  The 'telnet' in krb5-appl-clients has an -x flag
that encrypts the data stream.

I never use any of this anymore.  In fact, the only reason why I used
kerberized telnet was back before OpenSSH was as widespread, and
encrypted telnet was less overhead on the really old Suns I used.  I
just wanted to point out that the 'telnet' protocol is more than plain
text. 

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-25 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 24, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Jonathan Billings  wrote:

> On Nov 24, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Warren Young  wrote:
>> Now compare telnet: always vulnerable, all the time, since the day it was 
>> created, before most of the people on this list were born:
> 
> Technically, you can run kerberized (krb5) telnet/telnetd, and it's not quite 
> as insecure as unkerberized telnet.

That only protects the authentication stage.  You have to add RFC 2946 
encryption or TLS to encrypt the rest of the conversation, something you get 
for free with SSH.  Then having done that, you get to seek out the rare clients 
that can speak these protocol extensions, whereas all SSH clients do what you 
want as a matter of course.

It doesn’t look like CentOS 7’s in.telnetd supports this anyway.  I base that 
on two bits of evidence:

1. The man page: " -a authmode  ...not available in the current version.”

2. ldd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd doesn’t show that it’s linked to libgssapi.
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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Samson
Thanks all.  It is working now.
Regards
On 24 Nov 2014 20:11, "Frank Cox"  wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:46:33 -0600
> John R. Dennison wrote:
>
> > Why are you wanting to use telnet in the first place?
>
> I don't know what his use case is, but I installed telnet on this computer
> a while back for the Android Remote Keyboard app.
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.remotekeyboard
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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:59 PM, John R Pierce  wrote:
> On 11/24/2014 6:38 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
>>
>>I will not go over the question about running telnet in your
>> laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether
>> telnet is running using ps and netstat?
>
>
> useless advise, since telnet is almost always run from a socket, the telnetd
> is only running if there's an active connection.
>
> to the OP, the *correct* answer is, do not use or touch xinetd, and if you
> modified anything in xinetd, undo it.   heck, uniinstall xinetd, nothing in
> RHEL7/CentOS7 uses xinetd anymore.
>
>root# systemctl enable telnet.socket
>root# systemctl start telnet.socket
>
  I take you missed the part in my reply asking him to do

systemctl status telnet.socket

> the first command enables it so its available when the system is rebooted.
>
> the 2nd command starts it now.
>
>
> now, I will have to concur, the telnet protocol should be banned, and
> anything using it should be updated to use ssh instead.   I haven't enabled
> telnetd on any unix/linux host for the last 10+ years.
>
>
>
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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Nov 24, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Warren Young  wrote:
> Now compare telnet: always vulnerable, all the time, since the day it was 
> created, before most of the people on this list were born:

Technically, you can run kerberized (krb5) telnet/telnetd, and it's not quite 
as insecure as unkerberized telnet.  The telnet protocol supports security 
measures, but most people just use OpenSSH (which can do a lot more) so there's 
little effort being made to widely use it.

I doubt the OP was setting up krb5 telnetd, though.

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread John R Pierce

On 11/24/2014 6:38 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:

   I will not go over the question about running telnet in your
laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether
telnet is running using ps and netstat?


useless advise, since telnet is almost always run from a socket, the 
telnetd is only running if there's an active connection.


to the OP, the *correct* answer is, do not use or touch xinetd, and if 
you modified anything in xinetd, undo it.   heck, uniinstall xinetd, 
nothing in RHEL7/CentOS7 uses xinetd anymore.


   root# systemctl enable telnet.socket
   root# systemctl start telnet.socket

the first command enables it so its available when the system is rebooted.

the 2nd command starts it now.


now, I will have to concur, the telnet protocol should be banned, and 
anything using it should be updated to use ssh instead.   I haven't 
enabled telnetd on any unix/linux host for the last 10+ years.





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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Les Mikesell  wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Leon Fauster
>  wrote:
>> 
>> best practice is to not use clear text protocols anymore.
> 
> Umm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised….

That’s absolutist thinking.  There is no such thing as absolute security.

There is, however, such a thing as illusory security.  in.telnetd is a fine 
example of this.

Study the OpenSSH list of fixed security problems:

   http://www.openssh.com/security.html

I see only three that are attacks against the protocol itself, which is all 
that’s within the scope of argument here.  Everything else is an attack on some 
other part of the system which would apply to other programs, regardless of 
encryption.

(e.g., A buffer overflow is a buffer overflow whether encrypted or not.)

Regardless, that list is pretty short for such a popular, security-focused 
15-year-old program.

Now compare telnet: always vulnerable, all the time, since the day it was 
created, before most of the people on this list were born:

   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc15
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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread John R. Dennison
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:04:30PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 
> Umm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised

Which do you think is more likely?  Someone sniffing a cleartext
credential set on the wire or someone subverting an alleged "secure"
encrypted protocol?

Nothing is bullet-proof, we all know this, but you at least make an
attempt not to run cleartext crap.






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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John R. Dennison  wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:04:30PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>
>> Umm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised
>
> Which do you think is more likely?  Someone sniffing a cleartext
> credential set on the wire or someone subverting an alleged "secure"
> encrypted protocol?

For things that matter, you should expect both.  For things that don't
matter, well they don't matter.

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread John R Pierce

On 11/24/2014 10:04 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:

mm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised



door locks can be picked, so I should never lock my doors?



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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
  The original poster has not replied, so we do not know his reasoning.


On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Les Mikesell  wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John R. Dennison  wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:04:30PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>>
>>> Umm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised
>>
>> Which do you think is more likely?  Someone sniffing a cleartext
>> credential set on the wire or someone subverting an alleged "secure"
>> encrypted protocol?
>
> For things that matter, you should expect both.  For things that don't
> matter, well they don't matter.
>
  Exactly. For instance, what if he needs to use some product
whose vendor has never heard of ssh (or company died)? What if he is
building a test lab for learning how to use wireshark? Until he comes
back and lets us know, we are just farting in the wind.

Personally I expect him to know what he is doing

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Leon Fauster
 wrote:
> Am 24.11.2014 um 18:11 schrieb Frank Cox :
>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:46:33 -0600
>> John R. Dennison wrote:
>>
>>> Why are you wanting to use telnet in the first place?
>>
>> I don't know what his use case is, but I installed telnet on this computer a 
>> while back for the Android Remote Keyboard app.
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.remotekeyboard
>
>
> best practice is to not use clear text protocols anymore.

Umm, yeah.   Encrypted protocols would never be compromised

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 24.11.2014 um 18:11 schrieb Frank Cox :
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:46:33 -0600
> John R. Dennison wrote:
> 
>> Why are you wanting to use telnet in the first place?
> 
> I don't know what his use case is, but I installed telnet on this computer a 
> while back for the Android Remote Keyboard app.
> 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.remotekeyboard


best practice is to not use clear text protocols anymore.

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:46:33 -0600
John R. Dennison wrote:

> Why are you wanting to use telnet in the first place?

I don't know what his use case is, but I installed telnet on this computer a 
while back for the Android Remote Keyboard app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.remotekeyboard

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread John R. Dennison
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 03:33:24PM +0100, Samson wrote:
>
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

Because telnet is 1970s tech that should die in a fire; it's not enabled
by default nor does the firewall permit it by default.

Why are you wanting to use telnet in the first place?




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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Mauricio Tavares  wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Samson  wrote:
>> I just install Centos 7 on my laptop. I have also installed telnet-server
>> and telnet.
>> I can telnet to other server from my local CentOS 7 but can not telnet
>> localhost also, i can not telnet to my localhost from other server.
>>
>> I try to check telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d directory but the file "telnet"
>> is not there.
>>
>> Please can someone help me with the steps to install telnet or enable
>> telnet services on CENTOS 7 so that i can telnet my localhost.
>>
>> Below is the error message:
>> [claire@ittestsrvr ~]$ telnet localhost
>> Trying ::1...
>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
>
>   I will not go over the question about running telnet in your
> laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether
> telnet is running using ps and netstat?
>
  Also, how did you turn telnet on? Leave xinetd alone.

What does

systemctl status telnet.socket

tell you?

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Re: [CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Samson  wrote:
> I just install Centos 7 on my laptop. I have also installed telnet-server
> and telnet.
> I can telnet to other server from my local CentOS 7 but can not telnet
> localhost also, i can not telnet to my localhost from other server.
>
> I try to check telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d directory but the file "telnet"
> is not there.
>
> Please can someone help me with the steps to install telnet or enable
> telnet services on CENTOS 7 so that i can telnet my localhost.
>
> Below is the error message:
> [claire@ittestsrvr ~]$ telnet localhost
> Trying ::1...
> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

  I will not go over the question about running telnet in your
laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether
telnet is running using ps and netstat?

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[CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

2014-11-24 Thread Samson
I just install Centos 7 on my laptop. I have also installed telnet-server
and telnet.
I can telnet to other server from my local CentOS 7 but can not telnet
localhost also, i can not telnet to my localhost from other server.

I try to check telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d directory but the file "telnet"
is not there.

Please can someone help me with the steps to install telnet or enable
telnet services on CENTOS 7 so that i can telnet my localhost.

Below is the error message:
[claire@ittestsrvr ~]$ telnet localhost
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
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