On 2020-12-02, at 17:38, Adam Roach <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If it helps: I've yet to find a system that lacks both telnet and nc (netcat) out of the box. Indeed, interestingly, for me, nc replaces the existing usages of both telnet and ftp (i.e., unencrypted and third-party transfers). Except that my brain cannot teach my fingers to stop typing “telnet”, so I usually have that installed in some form (e.g., inetutils) as well. Grüße, Carsten PS.: OK, I should probably simply alias “telnet” to “nc -ctv” or some such.
