Telnet – Revisited

06Mar07

After further research I found I was incorrect in assuming the telnet was a direct link – the telnet software used is in fact terminal emulation software so it FEELS like a direct link. However it still requires a TCP/IP network (ie the internet). Also, this is a type of remote control, so once you are logged on, you are controlling the host (which I should have clicked on to because we were able to give commands to the library computer in the exercise). I thought you were unable to affect the host, only look through it, however in the exercise I would have only been able to look because I was not logged in as a powerful enough user.

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