Re: Microsoft Windows and *nix Telnet Port NumberArgument Obfuscation

["Atte Peltomaki" <atte.peltomaki () f-secure com>]

> That you can connect to a mail host on port 25 by typing  telnet
> mailhost 65561 is either interesting or unsettling depending on your
> point of view.  In either case it is probably worth understanding if
> you're the security guru on site or you write network code.
>
> On 6/7/05, Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:
> > This has been known since Adam was a cowboy.
> Well, this /is/ full-disclosure, no? Best to tell than to withhold.

I enjoyed reading this posting very much, because it was new information
to me, and to many others on this list it seems.

I did not enjoy at all reading mr. FitzGerald's abusive flame.

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