[Python-3000] PEP 3108: Standard Library Reorganization

Tue Jan 2 05:52:55 CET 2007

Brett Cannon wrote:
> * telnetlib
> + Telnet is not used very much anymore.
> - Telnet is unsafe.
> - Most people use SSH instead.

SSH may be common in the PC/server world, but it's still much easier 
(and less demanding on the host's resources) to embed a telnet server 
rather than an SSH one.
Embedded HTTP servers seem to be slowly taking over this role (where 
SNMP hasn't already done so), but telnet-based equipment remote control 
interfaces are certainly still quite common.
Cheers,
Nick.
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