Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:42:32 UTC
On 21 Sep 2022, at 16:21, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On 09/21/2022 4:11 pm, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: >> Mike, >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote: >> M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base. I >> M> think the client should remain, though. I use it frequently, although >> M> not on the telnet port. ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a >> M> perfectly reasonable usage. I use it to download FreeBSD images often. >> >> Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over nc(1)? > > telnet <host> <port> is basically finger memory (at least for me), and nc isn't > in base (AFAIR) Ditto on the finger memory. And I tried this: mike@backup$ nc mail 25 220 mail.karels.net Service ready helo backup.karels.net 500 Command missing Carriage Return telnet also accepts a service name instead of a port number (part of the finger memory). Mike > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org > US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106