Another good reason for telnet

[Monty J. Harder]

"DCT Jared Smith" <jared at dctkc.com> wrote:

> Just came across a perfectly good use for telnet:

> >slash.  (You can check this by telnetting to port 80 on the web server,

> You can also use Telnet to spoof e-mail by telnetting to the mail port of
a server,
> (port 25) and knowing the HELO protocol. Telnet is the most beautiful hole
in the

  Yes, you can use the telnet =protocol= for these things, but what people
are objecting to is using an unencrypted protocol to connect to a shell over
a packet-forwarding network, making the connection vulnerable to various Man
In The Middle attacks, the simplest of which is just reading your password.
If you want to use telnet over an encrypted VPN tunnel, OTOH, you have
pretty much the same security as you have with SSH.
.