X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=Nv NJGgYCfD3O2o7kI0JVZqduANkSPFUO0LYDCyKuIKKgKMsww/G0dzyFmt29Ux3Yry bFlvuvidZsNvUM6KbTMcEnPLaeptZ/duDZr0ThlYqb8+ZQH37W+4vh4/+12RdEMK iw9Wr1mU0F1MdJOMIk/uw3dYkB2vcYLr7QT0lf6Ww= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; s=default; bh=B8pu48co stS/S9rT+vwzfhh87SA=; b=drXetMCS8V8L/pBV+hCv+y2kyMKCNju7Q0Ji16cE ODsoSFZW9ConTcWzc2rhQ8XJQ8+Y/NLVqTIXYsHgjzS2t9xpL45aiOeRH19mZWiv fQaVDzO3RPlp1z/kHmvwtJIxchKUHk5ibiC4kaI8cV+lH42Aqf2in1eZ/tafD875 tog= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,EXECUTABLE_URI,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-la0-f53.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.168.105 with SMTP id zv9mr771399lbb.48.1382958837633; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:13:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5202BDED DOT 9030801 AT cygwin DOT com> <20130808070854 DOT GA19486 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:13:57 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin From: Robert Klemme To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Ralph Siegler wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > I'd suggest to use ssh instead. >> Telnet is inherently unsecure and ssh is a wonderful replacement. > but telnet is an invaluable tool for command line troubleshooting tcp > network connectivity issues to SMTP, HTTP and other services by manually > typing the protocol commands into the server. ssh can't do that There's also netcat (nc). http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86_64%2Fnc%2Fnc-1.107-4&grep=%2Fnc.exe Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple