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Another good reason to run telnetd

Posted Jan 8, 2012 2:48 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
In reply to: A hole in telnetd by joey
Parent article: A hole in telnetd

> There are valid reasons to run a public telnetd. telnet nethack.alt.org for example.

Also, telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl for some entertainment.

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Posted Jan 12, 2012 18:09 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

The question there is why anyone bothered to add IPv6 support to telnetd.