Subj : Re: Port changes for Star Collision BBS
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Mar 25 2022 21:42:25

 Ni>  An> Yes, but most of us don’t inflict that pain onto our users. Telnet 
 Ni>  An> host should be disabled in almost every case. SSH can be reconfigured
 Ni> 
 Ni> Yes, you'd think telnet should be disabled in favor of SSH, but from
 Ni> what I've heard, it seems most users are probably going to use telnet to
 Ni> connect to a BBS anyway.  Disabling telnet and only allowing SSH
 Ni> connections would probably reduce the number of callers you get to your
 Ni> BBS.  I've seen some people say that BBS stuff isn't that important and
 Ni> they don't really care that their connection is unencrypted.
 Ni> 

I prefer to use an SSH connection when available, but sometimes I connect using my old 486, and then its Telnet or nothing.

Is it worth it to enable Telnet for the tiny few who might want to go "retro"?  Maybe, it is fun!

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