From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 14:14:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FE037B401 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [65.125.228.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2CB43F3F for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from localhost (danm@localhost.com [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by prime.gushi.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h54LEjvP061179; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:14:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:14:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" To: Doug Silver In-Reply-To: <200306041302.33665.dsilver@urchin.com> Message-ID: <20030604160438.I57264-100000@prime.gushi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnetd without inetd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 21:14:34 -0000 On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Doug Silver wrote: Oh no I was just wondering about the need for an "internet super-server" to essentially serve one daemon. > On Wednesday 04 June 2003 12:19 pm, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > Is there a way to run telnetd in "standalone" mode, i.e. without inetd? > > We have a system that we sometimes need to connect to from within a cisco > > router, which can't do ssh (and not from anywhere else, we've firewalled > > it as such). > > > > -Dan Mahoney > > > > -- > > > > "If you aren't going to try something, then we might as well just be > > friends." > > > > "We can't have that now, can we?" > > > > -SK & Dan Mahoney, December 9, 1998 > > > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > > Site: http://www.gushi.org > > --------------------------- > > Are you just concerned about running it through inetd? What about the > alternative xinetd? If you already have it firewalled, I'm not sure what > your concern is about running it through inetd. I don't know if you can run > telnetd as a standalone daemon, but if that's the only service that's enabled > in inetd.conf, does it matter? > > FWIW, you can further lock down access in the hosts.allow file. > > -doug > -- Pika Pika Pika! -Pikachu, of Pokemon fame. --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------