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Re:Reports of Telnet's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by Quarrel on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:02PM (#46984009)
However bad your key management is, unless you're on an older ssh that will let you choose to use the "None" cipher, you're still better off than telnet!
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Re:Reports of Telnet's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by signalblur on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @11:47PM (#46984997)
Right? It doesn’t even make sense - on any actively updated ssh agent you’d have to go out of your way.

Also - SSH offers more than just encryption, but also data integrity - you can modify / manipulate a telnet session in ways you just can’t via SSH

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