Hello there I took the liberty to answer myself to this.
Using a remote shell account was a matter of interest some years ago , when PC's were powerless, rare and expensive. Using a shell account was a common thing in late 70s and throughout the 80s. Today, a shell account is interesting only by the fact that it usually offers a permanent, broadband and pretty secure Internet connection. In this respect, it is used mainly by IRC addicts for running IRC bots and bouncers (IRC proxies) Regards In data de Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:44:56 -0500 (CDT) Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a scris: > Kool, Sam; > I've been really wondering what the heck these shell > accounts are! What are the benefits, or reasons for > using a shell account over using your own computer's > applications? > A little less bewildered Rob: > > -- > > > -----Email by Pine on Slackware GNU-Linux----- > > On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Sam Ewalt wrote: > > > From: Sam Ewalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 06:11:20 -0500 > > Subject: Shell accounts and telnet > > X-Mailer: Arachne V1.70;rev.3 > > > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:11:51 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: > > > > > Please would you explain: > > > What is telnet? > > > What is a shell account? > > > > > > telnet is an Internet protocol for connecting to remote computers. > > > > Computer networking evolved in the university environment twenty > > years ago when users were commonly connected to remote computers > > from terminals. The remote computers were powerful and could run > > many programs for many different users at the same time. > > > > A "shell account" gave users access to the command shell of a Unix > > remote computer where they could run programs and perform other > > tasks. > > > > Today shell accounts work the same way. A powerful, remote computer > > directly connected to the Internet through a high speed connection > > is made available for many users to connect to and use. Sometimes > > you can dial in to the remote computer with a telephone. More > > frequently you can "telnet" into the remote computer through another > > connection you have already made to the Internet through your ISP. > > > > Arachne has a "telent" client available for download at arachne.cz > > (the Arachne website) It's setup as an APM and will install > > automatically on your system. After it's installed you can start > > it running through a hotkey and then just type in the name of the > > computer you wish to connect to. You can then login to that > > computer and use whatever facilities it makes available to you. > > > > Some shell accounts are free or nearly so. Some oldstyle Bulletin > > Board Systems (BBS's) are now reachable by telnet. One BBS that > > you can telent into is juge.com (at least it used to work, I haven't > > tried it for awhile) > > > > > > > > > > Sam Ewalt > > Croswell, Michigan, USA > > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > > > > > > -- Cristian Burneci
