Telnet


Highly Insecure...

Telnet used to be the way you'd log on to a Unix server in the old days. Some people still use it for this (yes, I know of big organsiations who still use it for logging in to their Unix servers!), but this should not be done as ```telnet``` is highly insecure. ## ...but Super Useful However,```telnet``` is still very useful for debugging server/network related issues and thus an indespensible tool for Unix admins. For instances, to check that your IRC server is able to bind to the port you thought it would be, you can simply do: $ telnet my.irc.server 6667 ## How to exit from a telnet session This is something a lot people don't know, when you open a telnet session, it actually tells you how to exit, still many people get claustrophobic when they're inside ```telnet``` and close the entire shell window when they're done using it. However, this is not needed, you can simply press```Ctrl + ]``` to exit. Now that you know this, you can recognise what telnet tells you when you start it: $ telnet localhost 6667 Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]' :-)


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