Re: [oss-security] Telnetd Vulnerability Report

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 05:05:58AM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> > Who uses telnet anyway? It's deprecated. Everyone uses ssh for any kin=
d of =

> remote access.

TELNET !=3D 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.

Telnet is a general purpose way to obtain a remote terminal connection.
That it is sometimes used for remote logins is simply a byproduct
of terminals being used to remotely log in to hosts.  But it's far
from the only thing Telnet is used for.

--lyndon