tripping over Telnet

Michael Ault mikerault at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 27 17:41:08 UTC 2004


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
--- 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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Michael R. Ault
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