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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:46:07 -0500
From: kf503bla@...k.com
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <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
telnet is extremely old and just because there is still widespread use of telnet or the daemon, doesn't provide a valid reason to keep using it. these trivial vulnerabilities keep popping up and if you still insist of using telnet, you deserve getting pwned
On Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 at 3:31 AM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) <lyndon_at_orthanc.ca_kf503bla@...k.com> 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.
>
> 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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