Another good reason for telnet

[Brian Densmore]

> > Client to server ssh usage is primarily *nix thing. The day
Microsoft
> > develops a certified, encrypted, remote session it will be from one
> > windows machine to another. Primarily used as the transportation of
> > choice for the new generation of virii. I can't foresee the guys
> > working on openssh supporting the new microsoft encryption scheme
> > (if it ever were to exist).
> Already been done - they call it Terminal Server (or if you speak XP,
> it's the "Remote Desktop Protocol").  I have to hand it to 'em -
> although they have given away control of the desktop (terminal for the
> sake of this post) they don't allow extensive use of file transfers.
> (There is some silly thing you can do with the clipboard, but large
> files need something else.)
And the protocol has already been ported to Linux too! I was looking at
a client the other day, as a possible replacement to the VNC Windoze
server. VNC in Windoze needs some serious work.