> Interestingly, when I telnet from _outside_ the network to my > firewall's port 2320, it works, but Telnet goes into line mode rather > than character mode!
Probably, as I think someone said, telnet noticing it's not using the standard telnet port and not even trying to go character-at-a-time. I did a telnet myself, snooping the network traffic, and... me -> you SYN you -> me SYN|ACK me -> you ACK you -> me data: IAC WILL ECHO me -> you data: IAC DO ECHO you -> me data: \r\n DECTEN, PANDA TOPS-20... Nowhere, in particular, is there any attempt at LINEMODE negotiation. And, when I type ?, nothing is sent until I press RETURN, upon which my end sends ?\r\n. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
