Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: on Nostr: I hear your 1970s remote access program has a problem other than it was designed in ...
I hear your 1970s remote access program has a problem other than it was designed in the 1970s and isn't encrypted or authenticated?
A few years ago, I discovered that macos had stopped shipping /usr/bin/telnet and no one noticed, and there's a reason for that.
If -froot is a concern, please ask why.
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