On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Mel Matsuoka wrote:

> IMO, telnet *should* be considered "defunct", except when using it for
> debugging and diagnostic purposes (i.e. telnetting directly to service
> ports). If you (or your server admin) aren't using SSH, it's about high
> time that you should, for security's sake.

I wouldn't say it's defunct, but it's use is deprecated in favour of SSH.

-- Brett
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