TCP/IP Commands

TCP/IP offers several commands and features that are supported on the Solaris operating environment. These commands are part of the TCP/IP networking package and are available on all UNIX systems that implement TCP/IP, unless specifically disabled by the administrator.

telnet

telnet is used to log in to another system on the network. The following is a sample session:

# telnet pyramid1 
Trying 192.9.200.4... 
Connected to pyramid1. 
Escape character is '^]'. 

SunOS 5.9 
login: bill 
Password: 
Last login: Mon Jul 30 15:12:59 from 192.9.200.1 
Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.9       Generic February 2001 
pyramid1%

Caution

The authentication process used by telnet is not encrypted; therefore, it is unsecure and prone to security risks. ...

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