Installing Telnet on Centos 6.7
Before installing and using Telnet, keep the following in mind. Using Telnet in public network(WAN) is very very bad idea. It transmits login data in the clear format. Everything will be sent in plain text. If you still need Telnet, It is highly recommended use it in the local area network only. Alternatively, you can use SSH which you will learn to install in the second post . But make sure you’ve disabled root login in SSH. What Is Telnet? A network protocol that allows a user on one computer to log into another computer that is part of the same network. Once you establish a connection to the remote computer, it becomes a virtual terminal and will allow you to communicate with the remote host from your local system . Please follow these steps to install TELNET Open your terminal and go to super user mode by typing "su" and entering your root password and then type the following command to install telnet: yum install telnet telnet-server -y No