On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 20:03:49 -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > I don't think anyone uses telnet for it *original* purpose.
I would bet money that there's at least one person on this planet still doing so. > It is useful for *debuging* a Tcp/Ip server, since telnet can take a port > number as a parameter. That is, suppose you write a server listening on port > 12021, one can test the program with the command > > telnet localhost 12021 > > And then type what you would expect a client for your server would send and > see if the server responds properly. All true, but irrelevant to the issue, which is that there's a security bug that needs to be addressed.
