The security dudes have been badmouthing telnet for a couple of decades now, reminding us that this old time tool for connecting to remote systems exposes our passwords to the snooping masses. But the ...

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Poor telnet, it used to be the cool kid on the block. It was the program all sysadmins turned to when they needed to connect to a remote server. Telnet just wasn't that good at keeping a secret—all ...

For a course I'm taking I need to dial into school and set up a telnet session.<BR><BR>I'm just learning Mandrake 9, and I've figured out how to dial in and get authenticated, but now I need to ...

A security hole discovered in a Unix-based operating system can allow remote hackers to gain complete access to or crash the Web server. It’s unclear if all Unix mainstream operating systems are ...

Not sure what I'm even trying to ask here, but I have to telnet into a remote server from my home Linux box and I'm having some trouble with some basic stuff. For one thing, I can't use vi. Not ...

Building botnets made up of routers, modems, wireless access points and other networking devices doesn’t require sophisticated exploits. Remaiten, a new worm that ...