[cisb102su01] Re: Lesson 4 Question 4
- From: "Chris & Michelle Blievernicht" <bleve@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <cisb102su01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:23:53 -0500
The use of Telnet seems to be the perfect method for hackers to enter other
people's computers and use / misuse their system. Their doesn't seem to be
quite the security features you regularly find on the World Wide Web.
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Subject: [cisb102su01] Lesson 4 Question 4
>
> 4. The original purpose of telnet was to connect computers to one another
> before the technology was available for graphical connections. The
purpose
> of telnet is to allow someone to log in to a machine that they don't know
and
> aren't near and do commands on it. Telnet is widely used to connect to
> libraries today even though it is not widely used in other fields. It is
> also used in online databases, email and statistics programs, and MOO and
> MUSH environments. I learned this information at
> http://edt.uow.edu.au/elec195/group-projects-2k/group10/hostory.htm.
>
> I practiced telnet at telnet://140.147.254.3 . This is the Library of
> Congress. When I used this site I searched things on copyrights because
> files stored in braille and audio were frozen along with government
> legislation. I learned the commands for browsing (BRWS, COHM), beginning
a
> new search (BGNS, word or phrase), ending a search (END). I ended up
> searching for things about Orson Scott Card's copyrights and everything.
It
> was interesting.
>
> Elizabeth Ebersole
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