Internet Technologies/Telnet
Telnet is a protocol designed to remotely access computers in a client-server fashion. Telnet is inherently insecure, as the data passed from the client to the server or vice-versa is not encrypted. For connections through insecure networks (such as the Internet), SSH (Secured SHell), should be used so all communications between the client and server are encrypted.
Examples
[edit | edit source]Test if the HTTP port is open and its service listening
[edit | edit source]telnet localhost 80
Send an email
[edit | edit source]telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp.mydomain.com
mail from:<superman@mydomain.com>
250 2.1.0 <superman@mydomain.com>... Sender ok
rcpt to:<wonderwoman@herdomain.com>
250 2.1.5 <wonderwoman@herdomain.com>... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Let's meet
.
250 2.0.0 n514OvkN019941 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 smtp.mydomain.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.