From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-05-03T22:31:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Port 23 without admin access

"Firestone, Mark - Technical Support" <mark.firestone@gossgraphic.co.uk> writes:

> Ok.  Well, this is kind of a drag.  I want the software to answer the telnet
> port, but I wanted to set it up so if somehow someone found a hole in it,
> they would be stuck in one directory tree.  
> 
> If I run it as root, it could be very dangerous...
> 
> If I run it on say, port 2323, the I suspect people will have more trouble
> connecting. 

You might check your firewall software. Most allow port mapping, so
that incoming requests to port 'A' are redirected to port 'B'.


Dave