[TriLUG] ttloop: peer died: EOF

[Barry Gaskins]

   It might help to have more information like where you are seeing this
message.

   But guessing that you see it in a telnetd log it could be something
innocent like somebody conected using telnet and instead of logging out they
just clicked the x in the top corner of the app to shut it down.  Or the
telnet app  crashed or their computer crashed or lost network connectivity.
All the telnetd app knows is that it was talking to someone and then that
connection was lost.   It could be that someone is scanning your computer to
see if you are running telnet on any ports so that they can try to hack
you.  I am a little suprised that you are running telnet since everyone I
know has banned it from their network and uses ssh instead.

   - Barry Gaskins

On 7/27/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Props to anyone who can tell me why I am seeing this on a corporate
> server.
> So far Google has taught me that his could be due to "a client using a
> telnet app and closing the window rather then properly exiting the
> session"
> or it "might be a hack attempt".
>
> Can anyone come up with anything else or better to point me towards
> something that make better sense?
>
> Greg
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