<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On Dec 24, 2011, at 15:04, Jesse Callaway <<a href="mailto:bonsaime@gmail.com">bonsaime@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>telnet might be useful for running things like machinery such as a generator or maybe an industrial centrifuge... <br>
of course such things only run in a network which is properly firewalled. an internal private network where node based security need not be worried about in the first place.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why depend on the firewalling being properly configured when layers of security, particularly if SSH is freely available, can be taken advantage of?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-bt</div><div><br></div></body></html>