Re: [PLUG] Telnet and netcat (was: Re: identd question)

[Beldon Dominello <beldon@speakeasy.org>]

Bill Jonas wrote:

> What's so strange about it?  I have telnet installed, but I almost never
> use it.  The only time I could imagine actually using it to telnet
> somewhere would be to access some anonymous telnet service (don't know
> of any off the top of my head).  Although I think that ssh will fall
> back to an rlogin- or rsh-style login if it can't encrypt the session.
> Hmm, I wonder if the ssh executable could be used for plain old telnet
> sessions.

Does anyone else remember Sprintnet allowed telnet accounts?  Back in the
old days, I used to BBS to far-off places like LA and Detroit.  Remember
dialing in to the telnet service and sending all those obscure commands into
the packet-switched network to the outbound modem in the destination city?

Those were the days, eh?

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