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Problem while using telnet in windows

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by syedraoof

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Hi All,

On my host machine windows xp sp3 have configured vmware and installed guest os linux 4 with the different ip addresses for both host and guest os. Both are pinging well but while connecting from windows to linux using telnet service i am getting this kinda error

Error: Connecting to HOSTNAME/IP... Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connection failed

Can someone please tell me what could be the possible reasons.

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by deadly ernest

Telnet disabled as this is one of the most basic security things you do. The second most likely is the port is closed on one system as a basic security measure. Either of these is likely on the Linux system as they worry about security more than Windows does.

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