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Re: Masquarading on a dialup connection



> 	I completely agree with you. 
> 	There is no justification for using telnet nowadays.
> 	If you need debugging protocols by typing into ports, use
> 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.''



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