[openbeos] Re: telnet server?


Am 30.01.2007 um 00:41 schrieb Niklas Nisbeth:


Hello list.

BeOS came with a telnet and ftp server built in... will Haiku have
that? Personally, I'd much prefer (Open)sshd out of the box, with easy
launching/killing (like the Telnet/FTP servers in R5). Does anybody
still use telnet? It's supposedly full of holes, too...
Everyone still uses telnet more or less and, yes, it is a security nightmare but it works nonetheless. 


Apologies if this has been covered before.


Not accepted as you could have searched the archives!
Security issues with telnet are so *old* and well-known that people should know how to deal with them, ie. be very careful who gets what access to the system on what port. TBH SSH isn't so much better which is one of the reasons why OpenBSD will not accept a remote root login. You can try and prevent all you like but that won't stop the idiots! Cue "Empeach the............." 

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