Re: Telnetd Vulnerability Report

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent () vinc17 net>]

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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