Re: Masquarading on a dialup connection

[Izar Tarandach]

Ira Abramov wrote:

> ssh lets me avoid having my password snooped, my remote activities
> spied upon, and let's me log in as remote root. Telnet is so passe it
> should be taken out and shot in our day and age. the client is still
> great for debugging though, by connecting to random TCP ports and typing
> directly. that's a different issue.

        I completely agree with you. 
        There is no justification for using telnet nowadays.
        If you need debugging protocols by typing into ports, use
netcat.Sometimes
telnet, with all its handshaking, will even take you back into
problemland. Netcat
is clean.

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