[Info-vax] Is Eisner down?

David Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Thu Dec 5 16:22:12 EST 2013


Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <slrnl9uvfq.4e4.brown at greenslade.gmcl.internal>,
> 	Rob Brown <brown at greenslade.gmcl.internal> writes:
>> On 2013-12-04, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
>>> telnet: connect to address 67.53.90.116: Connection refused
>>> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>>>
>> Fixed!
> 
> 
> I have to say it again.  Why on earth would anyone run telnet on any
> server?  What can it possibly offer that is worth the risk?
> 
> bill
> 

Well, first define the risk, if any.

Myself, I'm not too fond of PuTTy

Of course, I use TelNet internally, not over the internet.



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