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To: "Russell J. Lahti" <russell@ajboggs.com>
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Subject: Re: about telnetd
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Date: 28 Jul 2001 10:41:54 -0500
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"Russell J. Lahti" <russell@ajboggs.com> writes:

> Quoting budsz <budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id>:
> > Is it true bout telnet in FreeBSD have any bug?, how to fix it? and
> > enought using SSH or we must patching telnetd?
> 
> 
> Yes it is true.  Try looking on www.freebsd.org, there is a nice
> notice right on the main page.  Go read it.
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Just as a matter of form -- and based on security advice I read
elsewhere -- I disabled telnet when I got a cable modem and instead
use ssh, scp, etc. for remote access. This setup works well for me.

Jim

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