In message <BFA771EA.4D23%wduke@cogeco.ca>, William Duke writes:
>What about ssl or ssh?

ssh offers a good replacement for telnet.

>Now, If you were running big bad important servers that the security of the
>nation were dependent on, then telnet might not be the solution for you.
>If, however, you're a newbie to unix or you're just playing with the darn
>things for something to do, as many folk are with these old 68k and ppc
>machines, security probably isn't going to be a big concern for you.  I
>mean, world war three isn't going to be started by little Johnny
>compromising the security of little Jimmy's G3 Powermac.

Yes, but bad security is habit-forming.

-s