Re: Telnet login trouble

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From: Mediocrates
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00

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For security reasons you shouldn't be able to login as root thru
telnet/ftp ports, that doesn't mean you can't it's just not a good idea,
unless you want to publish your ip address and receive the gratitude of
hackers world-wide for offering them some practice in hacking into your
system<g>.

			Matt.

-- 
"Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one
 instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every
 program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work."
                -- Anon.

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