Re: please deactivate services by default!

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 05:48:12PM -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> telnet needs to go. I haven't installed the daemon for ages, and for some
> time before had it disabled. The client comes handy to check out text-based
> protocols, though. But perhaps netcat is a replacement here...

There are still a lot of appliances and other junk that only speak telnet
including some of the crappier home internet DSL boxes. Fortunately
telnet is tiny