Telnet basically allows you to log in to a system over a network just as though you were logging in from a terminal attached to the system or from a dial-up modem.
You may use telnet from a command line such as:
    • > telnet nova.npac.syr.edu
where you give the internet name of the machine that you wish to connect to. The telnet service will proceed to ask you for a name and password just as if you were logging in.
Or you may have a telnet program which prompts you for the same information.
Between two unix systems, you can use the rlogin command instead.
Mostly, you must already have an account on the machine to log in. There are a few publicly available telnet machines, such as the FAA Flight Service at duats.gtefsd.com, where student pilots can log in to get the latest weather data.

See also color IMAGE Foil 10 Internet Services: Telnet

From Introduction to the World Wide Web and Web Technologies presentation: Introduction to the www and Web Technologies -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy McCracken-Foils prepared December 9 1996


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