X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B719552.70405@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:14 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: telnet connected but without response References: <00fa01caa970$d351b8a0$aa01090a@amanda> <4B716FBC.2060109@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <018e01caa99f$b9314ab0$aa01090a@amanda> In-reply-to: <018e01caa99f$b9314ab0$aa01090a@amanda> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 02/09/2010 10:50 AM, Tomasz Pona wrote: > Out of necessity we're using SSH now, but it looks like telnet is a lot > easier to maintain and understand: we had inetd configured already > and we had to enable sshd. Obviously ssh-config scripts are doing great job > setting defaults, but when reading doc you're immediately attacked by the > overburden of information on: That which has been around for a long time, is well understood, and is already set up always has a quicker learning curve than something new. ;-) Setting up the OpenSSH package on Cygwin using password authentication, which is the closest analogue to the telnet interface, doesn't require a complete understanding of all the details and variants of SSH authentication. You just have to use it after running the config scripts. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple