how to setup /run telnet server

[Joao Inacio]

> Along the same vein....
> How can I tell which ports are open and which are closed?
> How can I tell what daemons are running and which are not? (ie telnet)

see netstat and its switches

> Assuming that I do want to run a telnet server, how can I make it as
> safe as possible.
>

try googling for 'port knocking'.

basicly, it's a set of firewall rules that only open a port after a
specific "knock" on other ports.
the easyer way to do it i believe is with shorewall firewall.

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