Re: telnet security: chargen port

From: Jay Hennigan (jay@west.net)
Date: Sat Aug 14 2004 - 01:16:00 GMT-3


On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, John Matus wrote:

> i'm doing a lab that states:
>
> for security, disable the router feature which allows you to generate a stream
> of ASCII characters via a telnet session to the chargen port on R6
>
> any ideas on what this might be? i looked at an extended access-l under udp
> and didn't see anything associated as such....i'm not even sure what a chargen
> port is.

Character generator. Used for testing printers and terminals.

Hint: It isn't a very large service. Sometimes it's reliable, some times
it isn't.

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