On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Mike Hicks wrote: > > I have tried to restart my Linux server via Telnet, but have be > > unsuccessful. Can someone give be the specifics for this. > > SSH! http://www.openssh.com/ and probably a package inside a distribution > near you. Yeah, I was one of those those folks who su'd over telnet. Then I got compromised. Reformat, restore from back up, install SSH, change root password, all back up now. Now there's the news of an exploit in telnetd, just strengthens my argument that telnet needs to go away. -Brian