On 01/29/2013 09:53 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:46:58 +0800,
Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com> wrote:
> First.... No need to bring up the ssh v.s. telnet stuff.....
>
> Has anyone configured telnetd for use on F18? Running 64 bit....but this
shouldn't make a difference. Anyway, I did the normal procedure.....
Most people aren't going to be running telnetd as passwords are transmitted in the
clear and you need to trust that no one is sniffing passwords. At the local endpoint
networks this isn't that hard to do.
Thank you for ignoring the very first sentence and reciting the obvious.
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