On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 12:59:55PM -0500, William Duke wrote:
> I use telnet all the time.  However, my network is behind a firewall and
> comprises about four or five old ppc and 68k machines, and contain no data
> of any significance.  Truth be told, I don't even bother with backups on
> these machines.  Reason:  ROI.   The return on my time & energy investment
> is virtually nil because I have nothing on these machines that "cannot" be
> lost.

But why do you use telnet instead of ssh? Both come with NetBSD and
are easy to set up and configure (edit inetd.conf to enable telnet, or
put sshd=YES in rc.conf for ssh). Is there some reason to specifically
go for the insecure solution, even if you don't think you need the
security?