Re: Telnet vs PcAnywhere

In article <001b01c2e4dd$3d565a90$6401a8c0@bashar>, Igor D. Spivak wrote:
> 2)Telnet should not be used to grant access from the UNTRUSTED to the

the telnet server could encrypt the data stream. I think that is specified in the telnet docs, so if you're using a telnet server without encryption/authentification it is you fault.

> 3)telnet should be replaced by SSH ALWAYS <--- there is no reason to use

well, there are a lot more telnet clients than ssh clients out there and telnet can be encrypted.

> just my 0.25 cents.

just me .2 (Euro) cents.

Andreas,
please don't produce further tofu

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