Kool, Sam;
I've been really wondering what the heck these shell
accounts are! What are the benefits, or reasons for
using a shell account over using your own computer's
applications?
A little less bewildered Rob:
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> From: Sam Ewalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 06:11:20 -0500
> Subject: Shell accounts and telnet
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> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:11:51 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote:
>
> > Please would you explain:
> > What is telnet?
> > What is a shell account?
>
>
> telnet is an Internet protocol for connecting to remote computers.
>
> Computer networking evolved in the university environment twenty
> years ago when users were commonly connected to remote computers
> from terminals. The remote computers were powerful and could run
> many programs for many different users at the same time.
>
> A "shell account" gave users access to the command shell of a Unix
> remote computer where they could run programs and perform other
> tasks.
>
> Today shell accounts work the same way. A powerful, remote computer
> directly connected to the Internet through a high speed connection
> is made available for many users to connect to and use. Sometimes
> you can dial in to the remote computer with a telephone. More
> frequently you can "telnet" into the remote computer through another
> connection you have already made to the Internet through your ISP.
>
> Arachne has a "telent" client available for download at arachne.cz
> (the Arachne website) It's setup as an APM and will install
> automatically on your system. After it's installed you can start
> it running through a hotkey and then just type in the name of the
> computer you wish to connect to. You can then login to that computer
> and use whatever facilities it makes available to you.
>
> Some shell accounts are free or nearly so. Some oldstyle Bulletin
> Board Systems (BBS's) are now reachable by telnet. One BBS that
> you can telent into is juge.com (at least it used to work, I haven't
> tried it for awhile)
>
>
>
>
> Sam Ewalt
> Croswell, Michigan, USA
> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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