Comments on: Windows 7: Install the Telnet Client

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:34:04 +0000

I agree that Telnet is insecure but there are many reasons for wanting to use it. It's a great diagnostic tool, need to see if your mail server is working properly? Quickly telnet to that port and see if it responds. Another example is if you need to connect to an old server which only supports telnet. I have to work on an old Cobalt RAQ server that does not have SSH, so I am forced to use Telnet when I need to log into it.

And besides, its not like we're installing Telnet SERVER… just the client.

By: zile20584

zile20584 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:24:36 +0000

But after that it says something like this:”Fatal error.Not all of the features have been changed!”
Any ideas????

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:14:51 +0000

I agree, and I don't even think telnet should be allowed as an installable option.

By: dan

dan — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:42:56 +0000

totally agree with Tom. I think we all should be happy that telnet was not installed…

By: some guy

some guy — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:23:27 +0000

You don't always need an ssh connection, especially if all you are doing is something along the lines of testing pop/smtp/or general port availability.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:15:09 +0000

Why would you install Telnet??? Use “putty” or something else, which uses secure connections!