On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Derek Balling <dr...@megacity.org> wrote:
> So, again - for the purpose of "open a connection to $REMOTE_PORT on > $REMOTE_HOST to talk to it manually", why is nc "better"? My real suspicion: Avoiding telnet "because it's insecure" has been mythologized - way beyond where rational actors would have stopped. Folks don't understand that it's *just fine* to use as a simple socket tester (e.g. port 80 and port 25 and port 53 are usually unencrypted and sniffable anyway...), so they discard it as 'bad'. The baby goes out with the bathwater. best, --elijah
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