Re: [techtalk] Almost arrested for using telnet

[jenn]

Tami Friedman wrote:

>         For now, I am curious if anyone
>         can give me a good reason why a sysadmin would not allow telnet to
>         be used (when the m$ equivalent of a daemon) is not disabled?

Well, an unrelated reason is that SSH is far, FAR more secure.
It doesn't plaintext-send stuff like passwords.

But that's not related to this particular problem. Hrm.



Jenn V.
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