Basically it's telnet over SSL. Much more secure. [timh@r2d2 timh]$ grep 992 /etc/services telnets 992/tcp telnet protocol over TLS/SSL telnets 992/udp telnet protocol over TLS/SSL
It's used more in BSD from what I've seen. [timh@eric timh]$ telnet yoda.unixtechs.org Trying 66.41.161.213... Connected to yoda.unixtechs.org. Escape character is '^]'. Trying SRA secure login: User (userID): userID Password: [ SRA accepts you ] It's still not as good as ssh, or have as many options as ssh, but it's better then regular telnet. Most servers that will accept a telnet connection will accept a SSL telnet connection as well. But if your telnet client doesn't allow, or doesn't know to send to that port, it will not. I'm pretty sure you can get a client for Mandrake. FreeBSD I know for sure installs off the bat with this secure form of telnet. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Hi, | | I just ran nmap on my machine and it shows 'telnets' listening on port | 992. Of course, telnet is disabled and there is no trace of telnetd or | whatever running when doing ps -ef. | | Any idea what this could be ? | | Thanks, | | Thomas. | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ----------------------------- Uptime ------------------------------- 11:51PM up 52 days, 12:30, 3 users, load averages: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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