no telnet localhost, ok elsewhere

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Author: Derek Neighbors
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Subject: no telnet localhost, ok elsewhere
You are aware telnet is a pretty large security risk?

-Derek

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 wrote:

>
> >> Can we see the telnet file you created?
>
> > It's attached.
>
> It seems it wasn't. Here's a cut and paste.
>
> ---------------------------
> # default: on
> # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
> #    unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
> service telnet
> {
>     flags        = REUSE
>     socket_type    = stream
>     wait        = no
>     user        = root
>     server        = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>     log_on_failure    = USERID
>     disable        = no
> }
> -----------------------------------

>
> Lynn David Newton
> Phoenix, Arizona
>