Did you have any problems accessing the Library of Congress telnet site? = I tried several times and could never get a connection. I was able to = connect to other telnet sites I tried but never got the LOC to work. It = sounds as though it would be an interesting site. Did you find it = useful? Was it easy to navigate? What types of inquiries did you try? Aimee M. Houghton houghta@xxxxxxx " The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." Mark Twain -----Original Message----- From: cisb102sp04-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:cisb102sp04-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of = snookb@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:31 PM To: cisb102sp04@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [cisb102sp04] lesson 4 question 6 I found out that the term "TELNET" refers to a specific protocol that = provides remote computer access. The word telnet is short for Telephone = Networking, this was later shortened to Telnet and now relates to any = networked connection. Telnet allows for remote access of a computer and = to provide the ability to instruct that computer to create, edit, = execute, and delete files just as if the user were sitting at that = computer. This means that once you are logged into that computer you can = do anything, as if you were sitting looking at the desktop. I found this = from the web site listed below:- http://oregonstate.edu/cws/tutorials/command-shell/#whatistelnet I also went to telnet:///140.147.254.3 the telnet address for the = library of congress. Telnet is extremely dated it comes up in a dos = window. It only allows you to do a few things and in the case of the = library of congress telnet site it refers you to their web site = www.loc.gov. Its a long time since I have seen a Dos screen. I almost = forgot that they existed. Ben Snook CISB 102 student snookb@xxxxxxxxxxxx "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the = true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident that = all men are created equal."- Martin Luther King Jr