On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 12:31:56PM -0800, Kevin English wrote: > Your friend probably disabled telnet in the > /etc/inetd.conf which is probably a good thing. If I > were you, I would leave it disabled . . try ssh, if > you need a Window 98 client, download PuTTY from > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Or you can use TeraTerm or SecureCRT (search the net). Even when you are in a secure environment you should use ssh just to make it a good habit. Since OpenSSH came out (thanx to OpenBSD) there's really no excuse for using telnet, rlogin or any of those insecure ports. If youre connected to the net it's a sin to use any unencrypted connections. If you don't believe me try logging the attempts to connect to your computer. I'm on a 10Mbit fiber connection and I get scanned once or twice every day... -- Sven Esbjerg
