The Day the Telnet Died (labs.greynoise.io)

Article summary

The article discusses the decline of telnet traffic, with a significant drop in telnet sessions observed by GreyNoise, and explores possible reasons for this decline. Some commenters suggest that this may be due to filtering by North American Tier 1 transit providers. The article's content is not directly available, but the discussion reveals concerns about the impact on MUDs and other services that use telnet. The article's writing style has been questioned, with some commenters suspecting it was written by an AI.

Main themes

• Telnet decline
• Network filtering
• MUDs and online games
• AI-generated content
• Network protocols
• Internet infrastructure

What commenters say

• The decline in telnet traffic may be due to filtering by North American Tier 1 transit providers, which could be a deliberate attempt to block malicious traffic.
• Many MUDs do not use the telnet protocol, but rather a custom plaintext protocol, and therefore may not be affected by the decline in telnet traffic.
• The article's writing style is suspiciously similar to AI-generated content, which may indicate a lack of human input or oversight.
• Telnet is still used by some individuals and services, including MUDs and other online games, and its decline may have significant impacts on these communities.
• The use of telnet as a generic TCP text client is still common, but other tools like netcat and swaks may be more suitable for modern use cases.
• The distinction between the telnet program and the telnet protocol is important, and the two should not be conflated in discussions of network protocols and infrastructure.
• Some commenters disagree about the extent to which MUDs use telnet, with some arguing that many MUDs do use telnet and others claiming that this is not the case.
• The decline of telnet may be a sign of the evolving nature of the internet and the need for more modern and secure protocols.