Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2014-01-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 04:15:17AM -0800, zeev wrote: >You can use the 'nc' (aka netcat) instead of telnet > >nc localhost 80 > >From a cygwin terminal it will give an equivalent result to 'telnet >localhost 80', and far better than Microsoft's #$&%#*%&$# telnet > >Search for 'nc' in the cygwin ins

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2014-01-25 Thread zeev
You can use the 'nc' (aka netcat) instead of telnet nc localhost 80 >From a cygwin terminal it will give an equivalent result to 'telnet localhost 80', and far better than Microsoft's #$&%#*%&$# telnet Search for 'nc' in the cygwin installation. good luck -- View this message in context: h

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-10-28 Thread Robert Klemme
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Ralph Siegler wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > I'd suggest to use ssh instead. >> Telnet is inherently unsecure and ssh is a wonderful replacement. > but telnet is an invaluable tool for command line troubleshooting tcp > network connectivity issues to SMTP,

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-10-27 Thread Ralph Siegler
Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: I'd suggest to use ssh instead. > Telnet is inherently unsecure and ssh is a wonderful replacement. > > Corinna > but telnet is an invaluable tool for command line troubleshooting tcp network connectivity issues to SMTP, HTTP and other services by manually

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-08-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Warren Young wrote: > On 8/8/2013 05:08, Andrey Repin wrote: >> >> >> Though, I fail to see, how Cygwin telnet is different from, say PuTTY. Or >> native Windows telnet. > > > Windows 8 doesn't come with telnet.exe installed by default, and when you > install it fr

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-08-08 Thread Warren Young
On 8/8/2013 05:08, Andrey Repin wrote: Though, I fail to see, how Cygwin telnet is different from, say PuTTY. Or native Windows telnet. Windows 8 doesn't come with telnet.exe installed by default, and when you install it from Programs and Features, it's invisible to Cygwin 32, apparently due

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-08-08 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > On Aug 7 17:36, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 8/7/2013 5:18 PM, Andy Davidson wrote: >> > >> >Hi, >> > >> >I have the latest Cygwin, setup is v2.819 (64 bit). I want to install >> >telnet but the inetutils package isn't in the installer any more. It >> >doesn't

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-08-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 7 17:36, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 8/7/2013 5:18 PM, Andy Davidson wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >I have the latest Cygwin, setup is v2.819 (64 bit). I want to install > >telnet but the inetutils package isn't in the installer any more. It > >doesn't seem to be in the last version I insta

Re: Telnet in latest Cygwin

2013-08-07 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 8/7/2013 5:18 PM, Andy Davidson wrote: Hi, I have the latest Cygwin, setup is v2.819 (64 bit). I want to install telnet but the inetutils package isn't in the installer any more. It doesn't seem to be in the last version I installed around a month ago. Any clues ?