He was referring to "telnet://"; URLs, not HTTP.The URI telnet:// is actually still useful. I have a list of all of my systems that are available for testing listed on a web page, and each has a telnet URI so that if someone wants to log in, all they have to do is click, and off they go.
The telnet:// thing was handy back in the day when anonymous telnet applications were still common, for access to BBSes and library catalogs and such. Now that there are anonymous telnet servers, are very rare, there's no need for the URL scheme telnet://.
These are test systems, so telnet isn't a horrible way to log in, they are not systems where security is a big issue.
On a tangental note, IANA maintains a list of URI schemes: http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes
Peace.
john
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