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telnet and the “r” services

 
  • Insecure protocols mostly replaced by ssh

    • telnet: Login names and passwords pass over the network in clear text
    • r” services (rsh, rlogin, rcp): generally insecure authentication mechanism
  • telnet client can be used to connect to services running on arbitrary ports

    • Example: testing your mail server:
    • $ telnet localhost 25