I would like to telnet to my debian system. I'm working on seting up a telnet bbs on a computer. Any help would be appreciated. I can telnet locally anywhere on my network but not remotely I installed telnetd-ssl.

It's pronounced SSH <sigh>

Just install the SSH server (sshd) and select 'yes' when it asks you whether it should accept incoming connections; and set your firewall/iptables etc. to only accept SSH connections from the ip address(es) you intend to connect from.

Cheers,

mj

I fail to understand how I can get my program that requires telnet to work with ssh

Presumably you are using something along the lines of MBSE BBS.

You can certainly use SSH to log into your Debian system and either perform maintenance on the BBS, or execute any program you have the appropriate permissions for.

If your primary motive is to log into your machine, then there is little reason to use a BBS in the first place - SSH alone is fine. If you wish to allow the old-style open access to your machine via telnet, with the option to create new user accounts, then you should also be able to allow SSH access assuming it is installed, however you will have to check your manaul for this.

mj

I'm running a bbs for people to connect to. If there is a way to use SSH with Synchronet. Right now I can telnet locally and login to my bbs remote connections are denied. When I SSH locally I get nothing. When I SSH remotely connections are denied.

Here are a few links to get you started with SSH:

Beginner's Guide to SSH Clients & Beginner's Guide to SSH Servers
Using Rsync and SSH
SSH with Keys HOWTO
HOWTO: set up ssh keys
OpenSSH Manual Pages
ssh-howto


The links about using keys shows how to automate the login process (including the rsync one).....

The reason you can't login remotely is because your not forwarding port 23 (the default telnet port) from your router to the bbs box. Just remember that telnet is NOT secure, so don't send anything that you want to keep secret over the telnet connection.