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to: Joseph Larsen
from: Richard Menedetter
date: 2017-05-22 09:44:24
subject: Port 23.

Hi Joseph!

21 May 2017 23:52, from Joseph Larsen -> All:

 JL> I want to run my board on port 23, but I keep getting unwanted
 JL> connections to it. Mostly from Chinese hackers, I presume. Anyone know
 JL> a way to solve this, with iptables or the like?

That is the reality of todays Internet.
Learn to live with it, and use good passwords.

Best is to abandon telnet altogether and switch to SSH.

CU, Ricsi

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