[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] busybox: re-enable telnet applet

[edgar.soldin at web.de]

On 2/18/2018 21:26, Philip Prindeville wrote:
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>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 11:25 AM, Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 2:27 AM, John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
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>>>> On 20/06/17 19:13, Stefan Tomanek wrote:
>>>> While sshd should be favoured over telnetd, having a telnet client on the
>>>> router is useful for connecting to other devices in the same LAN.
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>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek at wertarbyte.de>
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>>> sorry for the late reply, it has been discussed over and over and the decision was made to not enable telnet by default. sorry ...
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>>>    John
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>> Too bad.  While it’s a liability for logging in, it’s a great tool for testing remote services like HTTP, SMTP, IMAP, JetDirect printers, etc.
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SNIP

looks like it is possible to keep the telnet applet only, not telnetd. if this is not wanted for size, is there an alternative to interact with a port pushing/receiving characters?

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