topic Telnet from PIX in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323115#M556750 <P>I was very suprised to find that i can't use telnet command from PIX device? Why this functionality is absent?</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:39:52 GMT rmv72 2020-02-21T07:39:52Z Telnet from PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323115#M556750 <P>I was very suprised to find that i can't use telnet command from PIX device? Why this functionality is absent?</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:39:52 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323115#M556750 rmv72 2020-02-21T07:39:52Z Re: Telnet from PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323116#M556753 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why would the functionality be there? Wouldn't it seem ironic to be launching an easily snooped, clear-text connection to another device on your network from your "security device"?</P><P></P><P>Scott</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:56:05 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323116#M556753 scoclayton 2004-10-04T13:56:05Z Re: Telnet from PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323117#M556754 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OK, I'll bite:</P><P></P><P>1. Because it's convenient to be able to probe tcp ports and grab banners, etc. </P><P></P><P>2. If security is the reason, why not SSH then?</P><P></P><P>3. Because sometimes telnet is OK. Wouldn't it make sense to let the user (firewall admin in this case) make that decision? </P><P></P><P>Simon</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:40:11 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323117#M556754 simonrak2 2004-10-04T14:40:11Z Re: Telnet from PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323118#M556756 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>More lines of code = less secure code</P><P></P><P><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:09:04 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323118#M556756 Solace 2004-10-04T16:09:04Z Re: Telnet from PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323119#M556758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I submitted an enhancement request to the Pix team for a customer maybe a year ago for this feature(telnet from pix), along with traceroute and scheduled reloads.</P><P></P><P>Only scheduled reloads appear to make it in the next major release. This is most likely due to the reasons the others have mentioned.</P><P></P><P>peter</P><P></P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Oct 2004 19:31:55 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/telnet-from-pix/m-p/323119#M556758 pcomeaux 2004-10-05T19:31:55Z