top | item 46969840 (no title) Sparkyte | 19 days ago Between you and me telnet is not dead. Sometimes I use it to probe a port to verify it is working. discuss order hn newest Fnoord|19 days ago You might wanna use netcat for that instead [1]. Or, for example, socat [2]. Netcat has been around for a long, long time now.[1] nc (1) - arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens[2] socat (1) - Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT) otterley|19 days ago That's not really telnet. Yeah, it's using the same client, but the server and underlying protocol are what's relevant here.The modern replacement for telnet used in the "probe a port" fashion is nc/netcat.
Fnoord|19 days ago You might wanna use netcat for that instead [1]. Or, for example, socat [2]. Netcat has been around for a long, long time now.[1] nc (1) - arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens[2] socat (1) - Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)
otterley|19 days ago That's not really telnet. Yeah, it's using the same client, but the server and underlying protocol are what's relevant here.The modern replacement for telnet used in the "probe a port" fashion is nc/netcat.
Fnoord|19 days ago
[1] nc (1) - arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens
[2] socat (1) - Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)
otterley|19 days ago
The modern replacement for telnet used in the "probe a port" fashion is nc/netcat.