Re: How would you solve this task?

I cannot agree more. In this particular case, I'd definitely ask the
proctor... (and argue if need be *grin)

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 13:15, Kenneth Ratliff <lists_at_cluebat.net> wrote:
> On 08/10/2011 03:58 PM, Marko Milivojevic wrote:
>>>
>>> You would be wrong. Authentication is not a requirement of the telnet
>>> protocol.
>>>
>>
>> A valid point. However, a single TCP packet does not mean "an
>> attempt", because at least two are required for a TCP handshake to be
>> successful... :-) Do we count a TCP probe as an attempt?
>>
>>
>
> In the scope of that question, yeah, I would. The question is asking for an
> absolute, so you have to go to the lowest common denominator, and you can't
> have telnet without a TCP connection.
>
> Now, operationally speaking, yeah, I agree that Daniel's solution is the
> better one, but I think the idea that the lab is not a realistic simulation
> of real life solutions has been posited before :)
>
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