Comments on: Windows: Change Your Default Telnet Handler http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Nathan Baker http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7080 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:31:57 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7080 Ah, I thought you meant you were sending or receiving mail the hardcore way ;) netcat and telnet are like the while and do loops of network tools. Very similar, but sometimes one or the other just feels more right. Just like nethack, I can see other scenarios where telnet makes sense even if ssh could conceivably do the job. But I'll definitely grant you that I type 'ssh' multiple times per day and 'telnet' maybe once a month. Ah, I thought you meant you were sending or receiving mail the hardcore way )

netcat and telnet are like the while and do loops of network tools. Very similar, but sometimes one or the other just feels more right.

Just like nethack, I can see other scenarios where telnet makes sense even if ssh could conceivably do the job. But I’ll definitely grant you that I type ’ssh’ multiple times per day and ‘telnet’ maybe once a month.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7075 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:03:07 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7075 Yup, that's what I meant when I mentioned telneting to port 110 or 25. But you could theoretically use netcat for that with about the same effect. Yup, that’s what I meant when I mentioned telneting to port 110 or 25. But you could theoretically use netcat for that with about the same effect.

]]> by: Nathan Baker http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7074 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:06:50 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/21/windows-change-your-default-telnet-handler/#comment-7074 Not exactly an everyday thing, but if you're debugging a server (mailserver, http server, whatever) then telnet is your friend. Not exactly an everyday thing, but if you’re debugging a server (mailserver, http server, whatever) then telnet is your friend.

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