Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I just installed debian on a new system today. Everything is working > > beautifully, except telnetd. I'm using xinetd (also tried inetd), and > > when I attempt to telnet to the machine, it sends me the contents of > > /etc/issue.net, and then eats up 99% CPU and just hangs. I don't know > > what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
I don't suppose you have telnetd-ssl installed? There was a recent bug in in that caused it to display issue.net and hang, though I don't know if it spun as you describe. It's supposed to be fixed in unstable. > I'll issue the standard advisory: telnetd is an insecure protocol and > it's very strongly recommended that you *not* install or activate > telnetd on your system. SSH is an encrypted, authenticated drop-in > replacement, with clients available for all significant computing > platforms. There is nothing vert insecure about ssl telnet (that I know of). Also, I use plain telnet in a secure, if rather unlikely fashion here[1]. -- see shy jo [1] telnet to kitenet.net, login as "beer".
