[Full-Disclosure] Re: Re: open telnet port

[Volker Tanger]

Greetings!

> > > getting rid of telnetd is almost always a very good idea.
> > 
> > Are there even any legitimate uses for running a telnet daemon any
> > 
> [...]   need a backup system to get into the server in
> the event that something goes wrong?

Install an out-band management access, e.g. via encrypted call-back
modem. This can be easily achieved via standard mgetty and inittab. This
way you have a (serial) console working if the network has gone sour -
something that can quite easily happen if managing remote firewalls... 
;-)

Bye

Volker Tanger
ITK Security