Subject: Re: telnet login problem revisited
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Love <lha@stacken.kth.se>
List: current-users
Date: 04/20/2005 13:00:54
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Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 06:10:02PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>> We have, however, not removed support for insecure telnet, and all you 
>> have to do to get it is remove the "-a valid" option. Given how vulnerable
>> insecure telnet is, I think an admin must perform some action to get it.
>
> Well, he has to uncomment that inetd.conf line in the first place ;-)
>
> Can someone explain what "-a valid" does? I do not understand what
> telnetd(8) is trying to say.

Using other then "password to login" authentication, like Kerberos.

Love


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