It is fairly vunerable, which is why you won't find many places using telnet for anything important over the internet. Most companies that still use Telnet for things use it behind their firewalls, and have very limited access to it. Mallory Blair <themalpal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Telnet is a way to comunicate between two computers that share the same network. It can send data, change passwords ect. However it doesnt seem very safe. Someone on the same network can easily recieve the information sent, like passwords, and use it. Nothing is encripted-making info vaunerable as well. Its widely available and still used today, for somethings like broadcasting the 2006 world cup. I found this info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet#Protocol_details I am trying out the RPG one...Materia Magica I had some problems at first- So i tried updating my java, and Wha-La! Its kind of funny how this is set up. Lots of questions and comands ect. There is a map made of keyboard charcter and the introduction tells you which commands do what..like how to move ect... This game seems pretty in deapth .... --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.