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Re: Windows Hyperterm alternative for Linux



will trillich wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:01:09PM -0500, Frank Rocco wrote:
> >     Hello,
> >
> > Can someone point me to a program that does the same thing as the
> > Windows HyperTerm program?
>
> um, in case i misunderstood on the first round...
>
> if you wanna use linux to log in to a windows command-line
> (or some other command-line server) just as you did using
> hyperterm, as if logging into a plain-old-fashioned BBS,
> you can just
>
>         telnet ip.or.internet.host.name
>         man telnet
>
> from any linux command line (console or xterm).  beware: telnet
> sends everything you type, verbatim, so anyone sniffing network
> traffic can see what you're up to.
>
> if it's a secure shell server, you'll wanna use SSH instead:
>
>         apt-get install ssh
>         ssh ip.or.net.name.to.connect
>         man ssh
>
> it's in non-us or non-free, so your /etc/apt/sources.list will
> need the appropriate setup to accomodate it.
>
>         apt-setup
>         (which you can get via "apt-get install base-config")
>
> will help point you in the right direction.
>
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I site is a banking institution and requires me to dial in.
tcpip will not work for this.

Thanks for the help...

Frank



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