The security dudes have been badmouthing telnet for a couple of decades now, reminding us that this old time tool for connecting to remote systems exposes our passwords to the snooping masses. But ...

But how do I do that with Windows telnet? Will I need a different telnet client to run on my home machine?

I want to use telnet://x.x.x.x links on some web pages, but I would like my Win2K to not launch them with Hyperterminal, which is the default telnet app, and instead launch them with the text ...

Microsoft has issued a patch to fix a vulnerability that could lead to a buffer overflow attack against the Telnet code included in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2.

A new worm called Remaiten infects Linux-based embedded systems by exploiting weak Telnet passwords.