telnet server

chankunchan · 05-10-2004, 01:05 AM

hi everyone!!!

how can i configure a telnet server in red hat 9???

thank you

maxut · 05-10-2004, 03:39 AM

telnet ? for what?
use ssh
telnet isnt secure.

NetAX · 05-10-2004, 07:46 AM

What if you want to connect remotely from a Windows machine for example? Windows uses Telnet. Can't you use telnet and then ssh after your connected? Would that still be unsecure?

Sorry to bump into your post chankunchan.

GraemeK · 05-10-2004, 08:51 AM

look in /etc/xinetd.d

you'll find a file called telnet.

open it up using vi or something and change the disable yes to no and save changes.

i think you'll need to restart the telnet server which can be done in /etc/init.d

and issuing a restart from there.

i use it only on my LAN. no external access

G

chort · 05-10-2004, 11:23 AM

No one should be turning on telnetd, even if it's only supposed to be used for the LAN. Use SSH instead. The argument about Windows is a horrible one. Because Windows does not include secure remote access tools, everything else should be dragged down to it's level of insecurity? PuTTY is a free, tiny, and very functional SSH client for Windows. I've never had any trouble installing it on Windows and it's the first thing I load on any Windows box I need to work on.

nodger · 05-10-2004, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chort
No one should be turning on telnetd, even if it's only supposed to be used for the LAN. Use SSH instead. The argument about Windows is a horrible one. Because Windows does not include secure remote access tools, everything else should be dragged down to it's level of insecurity? PuTTY is a free, tiny, and very functional SSH client for Windows. I've never had any trouble installing it on Windows and it's the first thing I load on any Windows box I need to work on.

I concur