Re: utelnetd

From	Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: utelnetd
Date	2024-11-15 23:10 +0100
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Hi,

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:11:49AM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Exactly what I meant with "Naively, I wouldn't expect TLS to be 
> necessary for localhost.

This utelnetd is also not necessary for localhost. And if telnet was
actually a requirement, I'm fairly confident that the telnetd that is
already packaged in Debian would suffice for your purposes on all but
the most tiny of systems. If you have been able to boot Debian on it,
probably Debian's telnetd is okay.

It seems really really unlikely that working out how to compile this
ancient telnetd variant is what you actually want to do here.

Put simply, if there is no IP network involved then you do not need an
sshd or telnetd.

If there is am IP network involved then you probably want sshd.

If you have really unusual requirements like one end or the other not
being up to the task of even running ssh, then MAYBE you could try
telnet, in which case Debian's telnetd is right there.

I think the time has past that even telnetd has to be cut down, which
I think probably reflects the last date that utelnetd received an
update.

Thanks,
Andy

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utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-10 04:20 +0100
  Re: utelnetd Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-11-10 04:50 +0100
    Re: utelnetd from 2012 and `make DEBUG=1` Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2024-11-10 08:40 +0100
    Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-10 17:30 +0100
      Re: utelnetd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-10 17:40 +0100
        Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-10 19:30 +0100
          Re: utelnetd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-10 19:40 +0100
          Re: utelnetd Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-10 19:50 +0100
            Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-14 20:00 +0100
              Re: utelnetd Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2024-11-14 20:30 +0100
                Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-15 18:20 +0100
                Re: utelnetd debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-11-15 18:30 +0100
                Re: utelnetd Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-11-15 18:50 +0100
                Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-15 20:30 +0100
                Re: utelnetd Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2024-11-15 23:00 +0100
                Re: utelnetd Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-15 23:10 +0100
  Re: utelnetd Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-10 21:20 +0100
    Re: utelnetd Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-10 21:30 +0100
      Re: utelnetd Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-10 21:40 +0100
      Re: utelnetd Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2024-11-10 22:30 +0100
      Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-24 18:30 +0100
        Re: utelnetd Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-11-25 03:30 +0100
  Re: utelnetd Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-25 04:10 +0100
    [SOLVED] Re: utelnetd peter@easthope.ca - 2024-12-07 18:00 +0100
      Re: [SOLVED] Re: utelnetd Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-12-07 19:20 +0100
      Re: utelnetd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-12-07 20:50 +0100

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