Bill Evans is on permanent record as saying: : :Not a silly question, though you might think these are. :What is a telnet port?
A program (the telnet daemon) will listen at a specified address on your computer. The address it listens to is the port. Most distributions that I've used recently have had telnet access disabled. It can be enabled through /etc/inetd.conf (although this may vary across distros) If you need more specific instructions, you'll have to let me know what distro you're using. (Quickly, before I leave work, cause I still haven't gotten a connection at home yet...) :What is a port scanner? A program that will probe each port and see if there is a program listening there. Hope this helps. Greg --- -
