On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 05:48:12PM -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
telnet needs to go. I haven't installed the daemon for ages, and
for some
time before had it disabled. The client comes handy to check out text-based
protocols, though. But perhaps netcat is a replacement here...
There are still a lot of appliances and other junk that only speak telnet
including some of the crappier home internet DSL boxes. Fortunately
telnet is tiny