Just poking around through my system today. I see a directory /etc/xinet.d complete with cupsd and telnetd config files (WTF?). I'm sure we're all aware of the (in)security of telnetd. And yes, I had /usr/sbin/in.telnetd but no xinetd or xinetd. /etc/var/lib/portage/world indicates that I had telnet-bsd installed. "qpkg -q -I telnet-bsd" said that nothing depends on it, so I unmerge it.
Now I find that I have no telnet client for custom whois queries, etc. netkit-telnetd is obviously not what I want. Is there a package that provides a plain ordinary telnet client... period??? -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
