Hi
Hey can we run KDE or Xwindows by telneting to Linux servers ???
Regards
Joel
At 03:26 PM 6/15/2001 +0100, Crowder, Rod wrote:
>telnet is not defunct, but is a very basic connection. Normally, connecting
>to a unix or other multi-user system, you will have to login/logon with a
>name and password in reply to prompts. Usually it comes with a built in
>terminal emulator, mostly ansi or vt100, you can get other flavours like IBM
>3270 etc. It is useful in setting up interactive connections for testing,
>eg connecting to SMTP servers etc. ssh, rsh, rcp and the like are more
>specialized connections.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Derek Harding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 14 June 2001 16:26
>To: Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.; Sally
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Telnet
>
>
>What Javier says is very true about using ssh but if something happens to
>lock up at the remote computer it can be hard to get out with ssh without
>resorting to killing processes whereas, if the network is secure from
>peeking, one can end a telnet session with the "Ctrl-]" combination. I'm not
>
>sure that telnet is defunct, though. Is it?
>
>On Friday 15 June 2001 03:43, Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez. wrote:
> > Telnet is a Character based terminal program, you can accessed a remote
> > terminal from your PC with your IP, ...
> >
> > I'm believe that Telnet is now defunct , best use SSH, is a similar
> > program, but it is encrypted, as it provides best security...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: perlcgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:52 AM
> > Subject: Telnet
> >
> > > I've seen lots of references to telnet, but I can't find an explanation
> > > of what it actually is. Is it similar to FTP?
>
>--
>Best wishes,
>Derek Harding, (BA MIAP)
>ICT & Network Manager
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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