Re: Telnet disabled by default

[Kyle Hargraves <kh nelson hedland edu au>]

On 1 May 2001, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:

> Telnet is bad, and you shouldn't use it - use ssh instead.


	..mmm - well of course ssh is more secure than telnet but
	in a secure network (i.e. non public) with a need for telnet
	access to a host by PCs there is an argument for telnet.

	Of course ssh or openssh are the only viable options for
	sessions over the net.

        However within a domestic network, having regard to
        the currency of password trading among (I could say)
        all users at all sites - i.e. its a fact of life -
        clear text isn't really an issue

> To turn it on (don't! Use ssh - it's more secure and more
> userfriendly), do "chkconfig telnet on" and "service xinetd reload"

	ok - useful info.

	I expect to upgrade to 7.1 over the weekend and I'll be interested
	to see if RH has provided a list of changes comparing 7.0 to 7.1;
	such is the only downside of a linux distribution : services
	"disappear" for no documented reason.

cheers, Kyle Hargraves