Hello Fellow Arachnoids: When using an internet work station in a public library or at a cyber cafe it would be nice if we were provided with some kind of Telnet access. Unfortunately, most public access machines do not have a Telnet client program installed.
I am aware of some web sites that have online Java Applets being Telnet clients which are purportedly very useful for connecting to Telnet services. I hesitate to use any one of those Java Applet Telnet programs because of security concerns. Would the web site be able to capture everything I do during my Telnet session, to include login usernames and passwords? Most people including myself are paranoid about Java because it is so easily employable for evil and malicious purposes. Another reason why most people are paranoid about Java is that most of us don't understand Java. Most people will very generally accept as a very wise axiom, and one that applies to everything we do, the old saying that "if you don't know what it does, don't mess with it". Do we know what these Telnet Java Applets do? Are they safe? Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
