Re: xterm binary ascii transfer

Can you please explain why this is so bad, bad, bad?

I could see it being a problem is the telnet port was open to the internet,
but if it's not, I don't see the problem.


"Jeff Silverman" <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> Boy, are you doing things the hard way, and it not only costs you effort,
> but it makes your system less secure. In short, the way you are doing
> things now is bad, bad, bad. So stop it, right now. I mean it.


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