Telnet

[Damian]

Does anyone know of a good telnet tutorial on the web?

I'm not familiar with it, and since there's a lot of talk about it here on the boards, I figured, what the hell -- why not learn it? :)

Also, what's a good telnet program?

Dumb question: Is telnet the same as SSH?


Thanks!

WackyMan

[prymal]

well, to answer your first question, telnet operates in a client/server environment in which one host (the computer you are using, running a telnet client) negotiates opening a session on another computer (the remote host, running server telnet).

so, with that out of the way, once you connect to a host via telnet, you will need to understand basic unix commands. i've been using unix for years, so i can't recommend a good site on the basic principles. do a search on google for "unix shell tutorial" perhaps.

my telnet program of choice is van dyke technologies' Secure CRT. www.vandyke.com.

SSH stands for "secure shell." basically what this means is if your telnet client supports SSH (and the remote host does as well), it will encrypt everything you type into the client so that people utilizing the same network or hackers, etc. cannot view what you are doing. that's the simple way of putting it, anyway.

with hr, you can simply telnet directly to your account (with no security) if you wanted to (though not recommended). or for maximum security, set up the SSH protocol for RSA authentication and Blowfish cipher (which is what i do). it will create what is called an identity file, of which one will remain on your hard drive and the other you ftp to the host so it knows you are you. any good telnet program (i.e. Secure CRT) should provide ample help functions to get you started.

good luck!

[Damian]

Holy jeez, there's a lot of stuff out there under Unix shell tutorial!

If anyone's following this thread, or if you're curious yourself; here's a few links I got off google.

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/827/1/ -- tutorial from LinuxPlanet

http://nbb.emory.edu/classes/bio450/4ltrwrd/title.html -- from "Unix is a four letter word" :)

http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/unix/shell.html -- intro to the Unix shell

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, prymal!

W

[prymal]

glad i could help. :)