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Nonsense. People stick with telnet because of ignorance. That is why you remove telnetd, and force them to update. There is no difficulty in switching, and t
by SomeOtherGuy 15y ago
Nonsense. People stick with telnet because of ignorance. That is why you remove telnetd, and force them to update. There is no difficulty in switching, and thus no valid reason not to switch.
- forgotusername 15y agoAs an example, there are entire classes of embedded platforms that support networking but barely have enough RAM even for the IP stack. Is it really sensible to add $10 to the cost of a temperature sensor just so it has enough RAM and CPU to handle SSH?
- koenigdavidmj 15y agoThis is the piece that allows you to telnet /into/ a new shiny FreeBSD box, for which there are no legitimate uses in 2011. If they take this bit out, you can still telnet out to your embedded hardware, L2 switches, and the like.