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Message-ID: <a0bad9ebbf4507c4@orthanc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:48:14 -0800
From: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)" <lyndon@...hanc.ca>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
cc: kf503bla@...k.com, "bug-inetutils@....org" <bug-inetutils@....org>,
"ron.benyizhak@...ebreach.com" <ron.benyizhak@...ebreach.com>,
"simon@...efsson.org" <simon@...efsson.org>,
"auerswal@...x-ag.uni-kl.de" <auerswal@...x-ag.uni-kl.de>,
"justin.swartz@...ingedge.co.za" <justin.swartz@...ingedge.co.za>
Subject: Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 05:05:58AM -0500, kf503bla@...k.com wrote:
> > Who uses telnet anyway? It's deprecated. Everyone uses ssh for any kind of
> remote access.
TELNET != login. Before you utter those words again in the same
sentence, please read the Telnet RFC. Notice how the term "login"
appears nowhere in that document.
Telnet is a general purpose way to obtain a remote terminal connection.
That it is sometimes used for remote logins is simply a byproduct
of terminals being used to remotely log in to hosts. But it's far
from the only thing Telnet is used for.
--lyndon
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