Re: telnet to AF_UNIX sockets [PATCH]

[Gordon Tetlow]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:

> You are not the only one.  I can appreciate the `neat' factor, but I
> cringed at the commit.  It seems like functionality that would be
> better put in a separate utility (or port even).  It's not like you'd
> ever want to run the NVT protocol over an AF_UNIX socket.

It depends on how you look at it. If you see telnet as a network client,
then you cringe at this (I did initially). But when you think about it,
all telnet really does is connect to sockets, so why not extend its
functionality to local sockets?

-gordon


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