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Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin


On Aug  7 17:36, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 8/7/2013 5:18 PM, Andy Davidson wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have the latest Cygwin, setup is v2.819 (64 bit).  I want to install
> >telnet but the inetutils package isn't in the installer any more.  It
> >doesn't seem to be in the last version I installed around a month ago.
> >Any clues ?
> 
> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin%2Ftelnet.exe>
> 
> The package still exists and 'telnet' is in there.  Try a different
> mirror if the one you're using isn't showing the package.

Andy was asking about 64 bit.  Inetutils hasn't been ported to 64 bit
Cygwin yet, that's why it's missing.  I'd suggest to use ssh instead.
Telnet is inherently unsecure and ssh is a wonderful replacement.


Corinna

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