[wplug] telnet for email

[billings at negate.org]

begin  On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 10:48, Mike Griffin wrote:
> Every computer that has tcp/ip installed has a telnet client. This 
> doesn't hold true with secure shell clients.
> If you're at a library, for instance, you can't dl something onto the 
> computer but telnet is available for use.
> 
> Mike

So you're typing your password IN THE CLEAR over a PUBLIC LIBRARY
NETWORK CONNECTION on a PUBLIC MACHINE?  Do you realize how often these
machines get infected?

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Jonathan S Billings <billings at negate.org>
TSFNKP