[NTLUG:Discuss] Strange iptables problem on CentOS 4.4

[steve]

Rusty Haddock wrote:
> steve wrote:
>     >Truly, telnet is the most dangerous 'protocol' left on the Internet.
> 
> Maybe **BUT** when you're talking to a small electronic modules with
> ethernet interfaces and whose "brains" consists of a "speedy" little
> 8051-derivative, you ain't gettin' no encryption wid dat bad boy! :-)
> Consequently, telnet's the only game in town... or on the net.

Those things are a dying breed though - I have an entire Linux machine
that fits inside a thumb drive.

But yeah - for talking to those itty-bitty boxes, maybe it has a place.