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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Re: open telnet port

From: Andrew Farmer (andfarmteknovis.com)
Date: Thu Sep 09 2004 - 10:48:21 CDT


On 9 Sep 2004, at 06:28, ktabic wrote:
>> Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any
>> more?
>> (That is a genuine question - as far as I can see, SSH is always a
>> perfect replacement).
>
> How about, as a service to enable as you are updating SSH remotely from
> the other side of the country to fix the most recent problem security
> problem and need a backup system to get into the server in the event
> that something goes wrong?

Restarting the SSH daemon won't kill open sessions.

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