I have just tried the ssltelnet-0.9.1-2 package it it seems to require DNS for working. I have a hosts file with the following contents:
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 marvin.bln.de marvin 192.168.0.2 hal.bln.de hal data I i try connecting hal with the telnet of ssltelnet I get the following error message: hal: Host name lookup failure Commands such as ping, the non-ssl telnet, and the non-ssl rlogin, rsh works withount any problems. Just to be sure, here are my /etc/host.conf: order hosts multi on and /etc/resolv.conf files: nameserver 127.0.0.1 My local nameserver only contains the local host, but it shouldn't be used by the resolver library because of the settings in host.conf. Thanks for your help, Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .