Re: telnet/ftp sever

[Ben Dugdale <turtlendog rmusd net>]

>   But even I tried to telnet (ftp)localhost, I got error:
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
> I read the previous posts about telnet/pop3, it seemed not help.

Telnet is not secure like SSH and seems to be off (a good thing) by default.

you can do #chkconfig --list | grep telnet

to see if it's on.  if not..

#chkconfig telnet on
#/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

A good hosts.deny/allow setup denies everything then allows only what is 
needed to the host that needs it.

/etc/hosts.deny
ALL:ALL #all ports : all hosts

/etc/hosts.allow
in.telnetd:127.0.0.1 #telnet : localhost
in.telnetd:your.home.ip.address #telnet : your home ip address

#note these will be allowed even though ALL:ALL exists in hosts.deny
#because this file is checked first.

Ben

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