[citw150] Re: CITW150 Lesson 4 Question 6

I could see how this could be a serious security issue if 
someone had this on their computer and didn't really know 
how to use it and someone on the internet taking advantage 
of this opening into their computer.

Steve Clark


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:59:24 -0500
  "Jeff 'Roach' Ballard" <juggalobrotha@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
>Telnet is a security flaw, and should be disabled unless 
>it's explicitely 
>used by your company.  FTP should also be disabled as 
>well, use sFTP instead 
>(the "s" stands for secure).
>
>Telnet document I used: 
>http://www.techtutorials.info/sertelnet.html
>Telnet site I used for approx 2mins: 
> telnet://134.4.10.106
>
>i logged into "Ned", read a bunch of pointless stuff, 
>entered a few commands 
>then exited and promptly re-disabled the Telnet service 
>on my pc
>
>
>
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>            Jeff Ballard
>JuggaloBrotha@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
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