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Message-ID: <20260224230108.GK3223@qaa.vinc17.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:01:08 +0100
From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report
On 2026-02-24 12:48:14 -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:
> > 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.
Here, this is not just about telnet, but about telnetd, which
involves a login process:
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8&format=html
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