On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Ben Reser wrote: BR> Actually using telnet for that is not the greatest idea. You should BR> use something like netcat (nc) since telnet attempts to negotiate BR> terminal settings and therefore sends a bunch of extraneous info BR> across the line. Most protocols are tollerent of this but not all. BR> netcat never does this, is an all around more flexible tool than BR> telnet.
I still use telnet to connect to routers, switches, and so on... :-) Not all of those manufacturers have begun switching to ssh yet. -- http://www.edlund.org/
