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- From: jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele)
- Subject: Limited telnet program?
- Message-ID: <Bx9MK3.4nL@techbook.com>
- Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:00:01 GMT
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- I would like to set up a limited telnet program for people to use.
- Specifically, I'd like to provide local librarians a way of telneting to
- selected online library catalogs via a menu. If the telnet to that site
- fails, I would want the telnet program to exit with an error level,
- which I could then catch with a shell or program. I don't want people
- who use this account to be able to exit to a shell from within telnet,
- and I don't want them to be able to telnet elsewhere.
-
- If someone has seen a program like this, or has a reason why this is a
- bad idea*, I'd like to hear about it. It seems like it should be
- reasonably secure for both us and the rest of our Internet neighbors.
-
- Thanks.
-
- *Please no criticism about how we should give free shell accounts to
- anyone who asks for one unless you're prepared to contribute hardware.
-