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connecting to linux with telnet
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| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-18, 2:01 pm |
| Hello, I tried to connect to my linux server through telnet it gave me this message: "Could not open connection to the host, on port 23, no connection could be made because the target machine activitely refused it"
How would I solve this problem? | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-18, 7:49 pm |
| Shame on you!! Don't ever use telnet; use SSH.  It's much more secure. Let me know if you are able to SSH to it. Basically you would start the SSH daemon and open port 22 on your firewall | |
| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-18, 9:15 pm |
| the ssh worked great, wow. I didnt even know telnet was considered insecure!!, wow.
i wouldnt ever use ssh again, why you think i wasnt able to connect thru telnet?
how would i fix that telnet issue? are there ways in linux where I wouldnt allow telnet users? is red had set this way by default? | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-18, 9:19 pm |
| Just forget about telneting in altogether. Telnet transfers packets in cleartext, so anything transmitted is very easy to read. SSH is encrypted. Everyone uses SSH over telnet. Were you telneting in as root? (By the way, if you were, you might as hold up a big sign that says "hack me"). By default you cannot telnet in as root for securety purposes. Other than that, don't worry why you couldn't telnet in and stick with SSH 100%. | |
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