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Re: (ASCEND) Max 4xxx/6xxx and 6.1.7



On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Rob Myers wrote:

> Any web browser by definition uses Telnet (to port 80) to get web pages,
> e-mail uses ports 25 and 110 to send and receive mail, etc..  These are
> all simply TCP connections.

Umm, this isn't exactly true.

Yes, you can *use* a telnet client to connect to other ports and thus
emulate a session, but the telnet protocol involves much more than just
making a TCP connection to a given port on a given host.

When in doubt, read the RFCs.

-- 
Devin L. Ganger <devin@premier1.net>
Chief Systems Administrator, Premier1 Internet Services, Sultan, WA, USA
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