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Re: Masquarading on a dialup connection





On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Adam Morrison wrote:
> > netcat.Sometimes
> > telnet, with all its handshaking, will even take you back into
> > problemland. Netcat
> > is clean.
> 
> Um, that's not why nc is better than telnet for ``debugging
> protocols''.  From the telnet man page:  ``When connecting to ports 
> other than the telnet port, telnet(1) does not attempt telnet 
> protocol negotiations.''

Please note the use of the "sometimes" qualifier. Anyway, I stand
corrected: IMHO telnet sucks, ssh and netcat rule. Sue me.

--izar



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