tripping over Telnet

Manuel Aróstegui Ramirez manuaroste at yahoo.es
Fri Feb 27 18:05:55 UTC 2004


 --- Michael Ault <mikerault at yahoo.com> escribió: >
When I use ssh, it disconnects me after a few
> minutes,
> sometimes almost immediately in a semi-random
> timing.
> Any ideas why ssh would do this and not telnet?
> 
> Mike

You can configure ssh disconnections after a concrete
range of time, i think that you can also do it on
telnet configurations.

To increase, decrease or switch of the ssh
disconnection go to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and change it
there.

Cheers

> --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > Please configure your mailer to wrap lines every
> 72
> > chars or so.  I'll
> > reformat this.
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 09:13:13AM -0800, Info
> > wrote:
> > > I just put RedHat 8 on a machine.  I've been
> > trying to telnet to it.
> > > But it refuses connections.
> > 
> > Good for it.
> > 
> > > I've tried disabling the firewall.
> > > (Everytime I run the gui, it starts out with the
> > firewall at high
> > > security.
> > 
> > No, it doesn't.
> > 
> > http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#firewall
> > 
> > > Since box refuses to talk, I suspect that it is
> > the case.)
> > > 
> > > Anyone got a clue as to where the real enable
> > Telnet switch is hiding? 
> > 
> > First, telnet is not just A Bad Idea, it's A Very
> > Bad Idea.  It is a
> > security hole you can drive a truck through.  Use
> > Secure SHell (SSH)
> > instead.  See
> > 
> > http://www.rhil.net/docs/security.html
> > 
> > for a complete discussion.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems,
> > Inc.
> > robertmcclure at earthlink.net 
> http://www.bobcatos.com
> > Secular Humanism is a religion, too.
> > 
> > 
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