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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4
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Telnet
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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Telnet
The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication information such as passwords. Organizations which use telnet should be actively working to migrate to a more secure protocol.