-=> On 10-29-14 14:13, Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-   
      
   Hiya DM....   
      
    DM>   Re: Windows Telnet...   
    DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to All on Wed Oct 29 2014 11:04 am   
      
    > Good day all...   
    >   
    > Quick question.  Can I use Window's telent.exe as a command in a door to   
    > connect to an outside IP and have the I/O appear in the callers client?   
      
    DM> Possibly. I'm not sure I would trust users with access to Microsoft's   
    DM> telnet.exe. For one thing, it would allow them to 'close' the   
    DM> connection you're bridging them with and open another connection,   
    DM> anywhere, potentially using your system as an unsuspecting attack   
    DM> source.   
      
   Understood... but if I use the Clean-up command to "exit" the window?   
      
      
    > Reason behind this, the IP i am trying to access requires a newer version   
    > of telnet than what is supplied with Synchronet's telgate.   
      
    DM> What led you to that conclusion? I'm not aware of any "newer version of   
    DM> telnet" since RFC854, from 1983. There are additional   
    DM> options, suboptions, etc. introduced in subsequent RFCs, but these   
    DM> aren't "newer versions of telnet"   
      
   This is the message I get when logging in with telgate   
      
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   *               Welcome to THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND telnet service!   
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
   *                                                                            *   
   *   National Weather Service information provided by Alden Electronics, Inc. *   
   *    and updated each minute as reports come in over our data feed.          *   
   *                                                                            *   
   *   **Note: If you cannot get past this opening screen, you must use a       *   
   *   different version of the "telnet" program--some of the ones for IBM      *   
   *   compatible PC's have a bug that prevents proper connection.              *   
   *                                                                            *   
   *           comments: jmasters@wunderground.com                              *   
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
      
   This screen is as far as I can get.  I have to CTRL-] to disconnect. The url   
   s:   
      
   rainmaker.wunderground.com   
      
   Maybe you can try it on your end.   
      
      
    > At a command   
    > prompt using Windows telnet I can access the site with no problems.   
      
    DM> That's one data point. If you want to root-cause and resolve the issue   
    DM> with telgate, I could help with that.   
      
   That would be great!!  I'd much rather use telgate.   
      
      
    > Connecting to the system with a client the system opens a DOS window, the   
    > information is displayed within that window yet nothing to the incoming   
    > client. Do I need to configure the Intercept I/O?   
      
    DM> You would need enable I/O interception, yes. But like I said, I think   
    DM> that's a bad idea (for security reasons).   
      
      
   Understood.    
      
   Thank you sir!!   
      
      
   Bill   
      
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