Telnet

[ais]

Hello People!


Can anybody help, how can I use telnet on my new Debian machine. My plan is to telnet from windows xp to debian (newest).


is it easy to install remote control ?


Please help.



best regards

ais

[bigtomrodney]

You can enable telnet but it's not a great idea. Telnet is completely unencrypted and a massive security hole. Remote work is generally done using ssh which is built into most Unix-like systems. It is similar to telnet but much more secure. If you want to connect from Windows you can use a free application called putty, it is a tiny download in the region of 60k if I recall correctly.

[ais]

Thanks for your quick respons.



Now I have installed putty. Bu I cant connect with SSH. What should I do?

[bigtomrodney]

Do you have a firewall running on the Debian box? Alternatively if you are behind a router you may need to forward the appropriate port to the Debian box.

What is the exact error you get when you try to connect?

[japlha]

Have you started the ssh daemon?