> No, you don't want telnet, that's insecure. Assuming internet yes. But sometimes people need to telnet in from a laptop to linux box to do something. I always leave the telnet service commented out in inetd.conf, but on occassion I just want to connect from a local machine. Telnet is fine for this if you are inside a firewall for example. Or I can set up /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow to specify who is allowed connection. Its not a good idea to leave telnetd running if connected to the internet. And yes, ssh is the better alternative. -- Doug
