Subj : Re: Windows Telnet...
To : Bill McGarrity
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Nov 27 2014 09:59 am
Re: Re: Windows Telnet...
By: Bill McGarrity to Digital Man on Thu Oct 30 2014 04:50
pm
> -=> On 10-29-1414:13, Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
>
> Hiya DM....
>
> DM> Re: Windows Telnet...
> DM> By: Bill McGarrity to All on Wed Oct 29 2014 11:04 am
>
> > Good day all...
> >
> > Quick question. Can I use Window's telent.exe as a command in a door to
> > connect to an outside IP and have the I/O appear in the callers client?
>
> DM> Possibly. I'm not sure I would trustusers with access to Microsoft's
> DM> telnet.exe. For one thing, it would allow them to 'close' the
> DM> connection you're bridging them with and open another connection,
> DM> anywhere, potentially using your system as an unsuspecting attack
> DM> source.
>
> Understood... but if I use the Clean-up command to "exit" the window?
That wouldn't help. :-)
> > Reason behind this, the IP i am trying to access requires a newer
> > version of telnet than what is supplied with Synchronet's telgate.
>
> DM> What led you to that conclusion? I'm not aware of any "newer version
> DM> of telnet" since RFC854, from 1983. There are additional
> DM> options, suboptions, etc. introduced in subsequent RFCs, but these
> DM> aren't "newer versions oftelnet"
>
> This is the message I get when logging in with telgate
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --- * Welcome to THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND telnet service!
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- *
> * * National Weather Service information providedby Alden Electronics,
> Inc. * * and updated each minute as reports come in over our data feed.
> * *
> * * **Note: If you cannot get past this opening screen, you must use a
> * * different version of the "telnet" program--some of the ones forIBM
> * * compatible PC's have a bug that prevents proper connection.
> * *
> * * comments:
[email protected]
> *
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> This screen is as far asI can get. I haveto CTRL-] to disconnect. The
> url s:
>
> rainmaker.wunderground.com
>
> Maybe you can try it on your end.
Yeah, I'll give it a look-see and let you know.
digital man
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