Why Telnet Not Working From Different Network

Due to certain reason, I have to enable telnet services on one of my server for some testing today. In fact, I know telnet is NOT secure but who care?

First of all, edit “/etc/xinetd.d/telnet“, modify “disable =no” and restart XINETD with “/etc/init.d/xinetd restart” command. Run “netstat -nap |grep 23” to make sure port 23 is open. Yes telnet service is working for me now.

After a while, my colleague complain that he can’t telnet from his laptop. Weird! I found out that telnet is not accept any connection from other VLAN network.

I have check the /var/log/messages, /var/log/xinetd.log and /var/log/secure but I can’t found any clue. Too bad! Firewall is not running and I try getting help from network team and he’s confirmed that telnet protocol is not block in switch or router level within the LAN

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