Re: [bug-inetutils] Inetutils release prep-work...

[Mats Erik Andersson]

onsdag den 14 augusti 2013 klockan 04:40 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
>    Unfortunately, telnetd is broken on Arch Linux, probably due to
>    util-linux. Printing of responses from the server on the client
>    screen is missing in important parts.  (User name and password
>    exchange must be done blind-folded!)  The server works correctly
>    with Debian, FreeBSD and Solaris, so the problem seems specific to
>    Arch Linux.
> 
> Is this something we can fix easily?  Why does util-linux break
> telnetd?  Do you think we should fix it for this release?

Sometimes a session against a server on Debian will seemingly
insert a character that is purely UTF in front of "Login:".
This is probably related.

I have made recordings with tcpdump of sessions running our
telnetd on Arch Linux and FreeBSD, but I have not come around
to do the analysis needed to draw any inclusion. Therefore I
cannot tell whether this state is easily resolvable.

Regards,
  Mats