Re: HELP: how to enable telnet?
Glenn Sieb <[email protected]>
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Joaquin Menchaca said the following on 1/17/2005 4:01 PM:
> Just some questions about telnet. I just installed FreeBSD. I want
> to setup so that I can telnet into it and do some work on it (as it'll
> be the server for the house)
Telnet is a highly insecure solution. It has generally been replaced
with ssh (Secure SHell).
> How about IPSec? Is IPSec supported in FreeBSD? Could I put a IPSec
> for telnet port for a range of addresses? Docs on it?
Instead of pulling your hair out securing a program that's considered
outdated, I'd suggest you look into ssh instead...
Best,
--Glenn
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
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