[Coco] OT: windows telnet, was Play with NitrOS-9 over the Internet

[Sean]

It's in there, you just have to turn it on, in 'programs and features'


On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> I cannot fathom what lead to the decision not to include the telnet
> client in new versions of Windows.  Were they trying to prevent people
> from using telnet?  Probably not, since the included Hyperterm
> application does do telnet.  Were they trying to save 71k of space?
> Hard to believe when a default install takes hundreds of megabytes.
> It seems to be nothing but an inconvenience from every angle I come up
> with.
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Lothan <lothan at newsguy.com> wrote:
>> It's on the install disc, but it isn't installed by default.
>>
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>> From: "Tony Cappellini" <cappy2112 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:29 AM
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Play with NitrOS-9 over the Internet
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>>> Message: 7
>>> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:36:53 -0600
>>> From: Sean <badfrog at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Play with NitrOS-9 over the Internet
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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>>>>> Actually 'telnet aes.dyndns.org 6809' is correct command for the Windows
>>>
>>> command line.
>>> Maybe for Windows XP, but it is not present on Windows 7.
>>>
>>> Telnet is the most insecure piece of software on the plant. You may as
>>> well
>>> email everyone you know your passwords.
>>> My shell account was hacked because of telnet. This is why I've been an
>>> ssh
>>> convert ever since. It' snot perfect, but it's more work to get at your
>>> password- if it all.
>>>
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