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Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin
- From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter at googlemail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:13:57 +0100
- Subject: Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin
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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
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