TeleNet

B-Crew · Post by **B-Crew** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:35 pm

Ok going to explain fast and simpel what TeleNet realy is.
Telnet is a protocol which is part of the TCP/IP suite. It is quite similar to the UNIX rlogin program. Telnet allows you to control a remote computer from your own one.
It is terminal emulation software. In the old days harddrives were humonguous and expensive (i am talking waY back here) and there were no personal computers.
To make use of existing computers you had to lease hardrive space and use terminals to operate the system. For developers this was great because computing became lots cheaper. You needed a server and many connections could be made. With telnet u can emulate this type of distributed computing and for example operate a supercomputer from a distance.
TCP/IP works with ports and telnet has one also. It's nr 23. It's has several rfc's. Nr 854 dates back to 1983 and is named telnet protocol specification.
With telnet you can do various things like send mail, log in to irc or proxy and even (though hardly anymore) view and modify websites. There are telnet services available allowing you to search through large databases using telnet.
With this you use the remote computer's power so it won't presure your precious resources. Usually help or remotehelp are the commands to use to find out what you can and cannot do. If you can't see what you type in then set echo. Once you made a connection you can use the computer as if it was your own. You use command lines for this.
Telnet knows different emulation types. VT-100 is most used. This emulation was used on the video terminals of DEC. There are still VT-100 servers running out there. Scientists use these.

dude · Post by **dude** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:18 pm

B-Crew wrote: It is quite similar to the UNIX rlogin program. Telnet allows you to control a remote computer from your own one.

Not not complitly true... but yeah. Why u posted that? whats the use of a copy and paste of the definition of what telnet is, for helbreath?

B-Crew · Post by **B-Crew** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:21 pm

I am not a copy and paste bunny.
Belive me i know more about Telnet than you do.

And it is a UNIX platform do you disagree in that?

dude · Post by **dude** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:34 am

nope... its the remote control part. It doesn't allow u to remotecontrol anoter comp, but to access it.

Post by **charlie** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:09 am

dude is right

dude · Post by **dude** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:18 pm

charlie wrote: dude is right

ahahahahah ! I knew those high school IT class would one day be usefull! aahhahaha

B-Crew · Post by **B-Crew** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:55 pm

Maybe i miss wrote something there..
You cant controll it but, you can access and do what you want to do,
when your first inside it.

Well well.. can be the same for me
not a big thin any way.

dude · Post by **dude** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:54 pm

no its not a big thing.

Telnet was onced used (like if it was so long ago) to access files stored on a megacomputer, cause personal computer weren't good enought and too expensive.

So they started telnet for universities and librairies. So that ppl could access their stuff.

It is not an application which was created in order to "hack"

Post by **binarydata** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:40 pm

whats the point of this?
telnet crashing days are over

dude · Post by **dude** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:21 am

binarydata wrote: whats the point of this?
telnet crashing days are over

true true!

But... u never know when good old telnet might be usefull

B-Crew · Post by **B-Crew** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:51 pm

Lol TelNet is not only about crashing bitches servers.
TelNet is handy in many many things.

wannabee · Post by **wannabee** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:25 pm

...can't beleave another one of these discussions...
telenet...what can i say...well it's old and out-dated and un-used, MS will prob. be dumpping it in the near futur with it's Win Longhorn. Why you brough this to my attention is beond me.

edit: i, at one stage (like when i was 14, 2 years ago), was going to program a HB regulator in java for telenet, then when i was half way though, i said "hey, no one will use this..." and then i never bothered again, true it's used for different things, like text games, but it will soon come to an end

B-Crew · Post by **B-Crew** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:17 pm

TelNet is not out of date i use t the day today.

dude · Post by **dude** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:16 pm

telnet is a great program. Its not out of date yet. Very few ppl actually use it these day. But there is still a lot of activity on it.

And a lot of text-based mporg games are using telnet