Andrew,
Most ISP's as a rule no longer allow telneting except after very specific
rules have been setup and established between the user and the ISP. This
is primarily because of the prolipheration of hackers, (I hate using that
term because a REAL hacker wouldn't do anything malicious...a REAL hacker
is just another term for a VERY passionate programmer. not a child with a
lot of knowledge and no principles on how to use it.) Because of the
amount of malicious hacking that's gone on in the past 10 years ISP's have
closed that door in order to protect themselves from outside attack.
--
Mark
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just a quick question. Does any host allow the telnet function? I live in
> the UK and all our servers do not allow users to telnet to them. Infact every
> one I try whether here or abroad no longer seems to allow telneting.
>
> I ask as seeing that now I now much about my own system I want to expand my
> knowledge but this has become a problem. All the info I read about the
> internet ( that is the real internet not just the world wide web ) and how
> it works talk of telneting but I can not seem to get anywhere with it.
>
> Andrew
>
>
