Disabling Telnet question?

Hi,

I'm fairly new to administrating a system. I got my first dedicated server and now I'm concerned about security.

Many people have talked about disabling services that you don't use. Telnet is among the services that I'm talking about.

I use SSH1 to connect to my server - so my question is, can I disable Telnet and still use SSH?

You'll have to forgive my ignorance... that is of course if this is a stupid question...

I would also like to know some of the security newsletters that are good... ones that I should read.

My host claims they will take care of my server... but I thought that it wouldn't hurt for me to take a more active role in the security of my server.

Thanks,

Richard

 

 

 

 

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