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- From: root@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Operator)
- Subject: Re: Limited telnet program?
- Message-ID: <BxIs6t.Hz@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>
- Organization: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
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- References: <Bx9MK3.4nL@techbook.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:40:05 GMT
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- James Deibele (jamesd@techbook.com) wrote:
- : 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.
-
- You can get source code for telnet on
- ftp.uu.net:/networking/applic/telnet.91.03.25.tar.Z
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