Re: I think, rsh is quite obsolete

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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Once upon a time, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:50:51AM +0100, Adam Tkac wrote:
> >  > I think, It's no argument to include rsh in next versions of fc/rhel.
> >  > OpenSSH could successfully substitute this component. SSH is more secure
> >  > than rsh and has all features of rsh. Do you think anything else??
> > 
> > The rsh _client_ has its uses in legacy environments.
> > The daemon, questionable.
> > Likewise, why we still ship telnet-server in core is beyond me.

> I have needed telnet-server a few times when trying to debug when
> connecting from network gear (no ssh in most).  Also, where we allow
> shell access to web hosting customers, we still allow telnet (most of
> them are on Windows and it only includes a telnet client).

Tell them to use putty or some such SSH client for Windows.
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