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Old 06-11-09, 15:55
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Originally Posted by kirkas View Post
I am not sure I quite understand the difference between Telnet and SSH. You can use PuTTy with both, I believe. I hear that Telnet is not secure... does that mean someone can hack your connection?
Yes, telnet isnt considered to be secure, hence SSH (specially the v2 [SSH2]) is considered to be the safest way to connect to a remote Linux server.. & PuTTy is one of my favs
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Originally Posted by larrysstyle View Post
Rocky awesome job. You explained it perfectly and I used your instructions step by step and my Telnet is now disabled. Thanks Man!
You're most welcome.. feel free to ask any questions you doubt about
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