| ▲ | Sparkyte 18 hours ago | |
Between you and me telnet is not dead. Sometimes I use it to probe a port to verify it is working. | ||
| ▲ | Fnoord 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
You might wanna use netcat for that instead [1]. Or, for example, socat [2]. Netcat has been around for a long, long time now. [1] nc (1) - arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens [2] socat (1) - Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT) | ||
| ▲ | otterley 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
That's not really telnet. Yeah, it's using the same client, but the server and underlying protocol are what's relevant here. The modern replacement for telnet used in the "probe a port" fashion is nc/netcat. | ||