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

[Alberto Bursi]

On 02/18/2018 10:21 PM, edgar.soldin at web.de wrote:
> On 2/18/2018 21:26, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek at wertarbyte.de>
>>>> sorry for the late reply, it has been discussed over and over and the decision was made to not enable telnet by default. sorry ...
>>>>
>>>>     John
>>> 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.
> SNIP
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> 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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> ..ede
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There is a closed (not merged) PR for the packages repo that adds 
telnet-bsd package, which is a commonly used telnet client, and is 
independent from Busybox. The code is still available, and should work fine.
https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/4509

-Alberto