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For questions about Telnet, a protocol for bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication with remote hosts via virtual terminals. It is defined in RFC 854.

Telnet is a protocol for bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication with remote hosts via virtual terminals. It is defined in RFC 854.

Telnet provides no inherent security and so is becoming less commonly supported. On modern UNIX-like systems it is usually replaced with more secure and flexible SSH protocol.

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Cannot connect from Linux to SQL Server through a firewall

I need to connect from a Debian GNU/Linux webserver to an SQL Server database which is hosted on a Windows machine within an organization's local network. The person in charge of the database server and the person in charge of the firewall both say…
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Is Telnet Port Open For The Range IP?

I want to port scanning on telnet port in a range ip . for ex: i want to know is the 23 port open on 127.0.0.1/255 ? what am i going to do ? is there a option for Nmap to do this ? Thanks .
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Can't telnet from windows machine to OS X laptop on same network?

I'm trying to telnet from my windows box into a service running on a known-available port on a mac laptop, but the connection is getting refused. I can telnet into the service locally. Firewalls are set to pass-through on both ends. Wiresharking…
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Solaris built in command for TCP connection without all the telnet stuff

Sometimes telnet is used for testing non telnet servers such as HTTP or SMTP servers where the TELNET protocol usually stays out of the way. However, I think I have run into a case where it is in the way while debugging a TCP server. I ran telnet…
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Routing telnet/23 connection thru double SSH tunnel (SSH proxy server)

I have a contractor is using a Windows PC that is outside the corporate network. However, we allow connections via the firewall to certain hosts/ports. Telnet/23 from the contractor's PC to a specific AS400 (iSeries) server is not allowed. I want…
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CentOS open port 7000 [RESOLVED]

I have two boxes one ubuntu v10.10 (IP: 192.168.12.128) and another centos v5.5 (IP: 192.168.12.131) I m able to ping centos from ubuntu box and vice versa. When I telnet UBUNTUIP using port 7000 from centos it works when I telnet CENTOSIP using…
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Telnet hangs with vim

I'm starting to use telnet for remote access and control of others windows pc. The problem that I'm facing is that when i start the VIM program the telnet session hangs and it doesn't respond to any key press. What is the reason behind that?
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What's the best way to telnet from a remote Windows PC without using RDP?

Three Networks: 10.1.1.0 - Mine 172.1.1.0 - My Branch Office 172.2.2.0 - My Branch Office's VOIP VLAN. My PC is on 10.1.1.0. I need to telnet into a Cisco router on 172.2.2.0. The 10.1.1.0 network has no routes to 172.2.2.0, but a VPN connects…
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Good HTTP Monitoring tools

I look for HTTP to work with a Linux system server monitor tool every protocol. I know, and will not there be it in whom or a freeware? When, for example, I dump 80/tcp with a packet monitor to be concrete # tethereal -i ppp0 port 80 -x Capturing…
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Why does bash invocation differ on AIX when using telnet vs ssh

I am using an AIX 5.3 server with a .bashrc file set up to echo "Executing bashrc." When I log in to the server using ssh and run: bash -c ls I get: Executing bashrc . .. etc.... However, when I log in with telnet as the same user and run the…
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How to change OpenSSH banner text when testing the port via telnet

I'm deploying a script that runs on various clients behind firewalls that I don't control. The script attempts an SSH client login to a remote server that I do control (the script comes pre-loaded with a private key for authentication). Some of the…
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redirecting output from telnet / nc to file in script fails when cron'd

So, I have device on my network which sits there listening on a port for a connection, and when a connection is made it dumps ascii data out. I need to capture that data to a file. I wrote a dead simple shell script that does…
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Scripting (piping) commands into a telnet session

i use a cronjob to execute a filetransfer to a host and then telnet into the host and pipe some commands into it. HOST=somehost USER=postgres PASSWD=blabla ftp -n -v $HOST <
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Can't telnet localhost smtp

I'm trying to use telnet (debian lenny 5.0.2) to check behavior of a postfix installation, but I can't telnet to smtp. telnet localhost smtp telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused telnetting to port 25 doesn't work either. I…
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"Connection failed" error when trying to telnet into SQL Server

I have an SQL Server running on a computer, and I'm trying to access it from another computer in the same local network (potentially VPN, since it's located in a datacenter). The point is that I can't even telnet to the port in which SQL Server is…
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