[BL] Can BL serve a DOS terminal ?
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Fri Mar 16 18:48:49 EDT 2007
Message from Steven
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Ron wrote:
>
> > I telnetted from DOS to BL running inetd/in.telnetd
>
> Does this allow log in as a user, then run BL progs ?
Yes.
> The second computer (running Linux) is open to the
> internet - how secure would a telnetd be ?
Telnet would not be secure. Instead, I suggest you
hook up directly to the serial port -- that's *much*
more secure.
> Serial, or even parallel port, would be slow.
It is if you are transferring files, but it's not
really an issue for a tty, which normally operates
at that speed.
Cheers,
Steven
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