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Re: (ASCEND) Max 4xxx/6xxx and 6.1.7
Perhaps I was oversimplifying a bit; I was speculating that although I've
seen some strange things happen with Maxen in the past that I would be
surprised if Telnet (port 23) did something to affect the routing/the
connection that another port wouldn't do (RFCs aside).
-Rob-
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Devin Ganger wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Rob Myers wrote:
>
> > Any web browser by definition uses Telnet (to port 80) to get web pages,
> > e-mail uses ports 25 and 110 to send and receive mail, etc.. These are
> > all simply TCP connections.
>
> Umm, this isn't exactly true.
>
> Yes, you can *use* a telnet client to connect to other ports and thus
> emulate a session, but the telnet protocol involves much more than just
> making a TCP connection to a given port on a given host.
>
> When in doubt, read the RFCs.
>
> --
> Devin L. Ganger <devin@premier1.net>
> Chief Systems Administrator, Premier1 Internet Services, Sultan, WA, USA
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