Solaris 10 and Telnet

Yes it’s still turned on by default at least in Solaris 10 update 2. That’ll teach me not to portscan new *nix installs where I’m not completely familiar with the OS defaults.
Seriously though, is there a good reason for telnet to be on by default in this day and age?

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