On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 10:26:26AM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote:
> > in.telnetd:10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1
> > or if you want to be able to telnet in from anywhere...
> > in.telnetd:ALL
> 
> Using ALL on telnet and ftp is a VERY bad idea.  They should
> be restricted to only trusted IP numbers.

Even better, trash telnet entirely and use ssh. It is much more secure,
and will tunnel X securely as well. See Openssh.org and the writeup I just
posted on my web page on how to install it to forward X.


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