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Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent () vinc17 net>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:01:08 +0100

On 2026-02-24 12:48:14 -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 05:05:58AM -0500, kf503bla () duck 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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Current thread:

Re: Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report, (continued)
- - - Re: Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Pat Gunn (Mar 07)
- Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Ron Ben Yizhak (Feb 24)
  - CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Guillem Jover (Feb 27)
    - Re: CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Solar Designer (Mar 06)
    - Re: CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Guillem Jover (Mar 06)
    - Re: CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Salvatore Bonaccorso (Mar 07)
    - Re: CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Guillem Jover (Mar 07)
- Message not available
  - Re: Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report kf503bla (Feb 24)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Solar Designer (Feb 24)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) (Feb 24)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Vincent Lefevre (Feb 24)
    - Message not available
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report kf503bla (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Solar Designer (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Steffen Nurpmeso (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Marco Moock (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Steffen Nurpmeso (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) (Feb 25)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Albert Veli (Feb 26)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) (Feb 26)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Eddie Chapman (Feb 24)
    - Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report Justin Swartz (Feb 24)

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