Subj : Re: Linux Telnet Server...
To   : tenser
From : Shurato
Date : Wed Jul 10 2024 08:29 pm


* In a message originally to Shurato, tenser said:

 > On 09 Jul 2024 at 01:56a, Shurato pondered and said...

 >  Sh> How would I have a linux telnet server allow authentication from
 > another
 >  Sh> app (my BBS) without it requiring a logon?  I've got linux
 > instructions
 >  Sh> for ele, but the telnet service requires a seperate login before
 >  Sh> accessing the system.

 > There have been extensions that have done this in the past. The MIT
 > Kerberos distribution used to ship with modified telnet client
 > and server programs that would do krb auth instead of manual
 > username/password entry.  Those are long gone, though. RFC 1409
 > specifies an authentication extension (likely used by kerberized
 > telnet, now that I think about it...), and there was another
 > extension to provide auth via DSA certificates.

 > None of those are what you're looking for though, I expect. The BSD
 > telnet client has a `-a` option to negotiating "autologin";
 > I suspect it uses something like the BSD rcmd stuff used by rlogin
 > etc.  It's not clear from looking at the source code whether it's
 > even still supported in any meaningful way.

 > You're probably better off trying to set up rlogin or some kind of
 > ssh wrapper, instead.

I was able to use mystic and then start the bbs software, so that worked
pretty well.

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,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


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