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Message-ID: <20260225165449.GA23380@openwall.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:54:49 +0100
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
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 Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 07:46:07AM -0500, kf503bla@...k.com wrote:
> 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
I mostly let these messages through so far (rejecting only one, which
had even less value), but as a moderator I declare end of sub-thread
now. Further messages on "Who uses telnet anyway?" will be rejected by
default, unless they truly add something new.
Messages on actual security issues/fixes in telnet are still desirable.
Alexander
P.S. I first wrote the above in a confusing manner, not clarifying it's
only end of sub-thread started by kf503bla, not the entire thread.
Corrected now, and I'll only let this corrected message to oss-security.
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