tripping over Telnet

[John Reynolds]

>
>On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 09:13:13AM -0800, Info wrote:
>> I just put RedHat 8 on a machine.  I've been trying to telnet to it.
>> But it refuses connections.
>
>Good for it.
>
>> I've tried disabling the firewall.
>> (Everytime I run the gui, it starts out with the firewall at high
>> security.
>
>No, it doesn't.
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>http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#firewall>
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>> Since box refuses to talk, I suspect that it is the case.)
>> 
>> Anyone got a clue as to where the real enable Telnet switch is hiding? 
>
>First, telnet is not just A Bad Idea, it's A Very Bad Idea.  It is a
>security hole you can drive a truck through.  Use Secure SHell (SSH)
>instead.  See
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>http://www.rhil.net/docs/security.html
>
>for a complete discussion.

Nice work if you can get it, but some of us are locked in to supporting 
telnet-using systems, and we don't have the option of switching all 1000+ 
systems to ssh.

You've confirmed that the xinetd daemon is running, yes?

John Reynolds
Data Management IT
IBM-by-the-Bay
San Francisco CA