Telnet - What is telnet used for?
Telnet is used for a variety of reasons. Almost all of them involve telneting to a remote device and issuing commands. Here are some examples:
- Telnet to a server running BBS software and use various features
- Telnet to a server running a MUD and play games
- Telnet to a server and run a command line application such as pine to check mail
- Telnet to a Linux server and issue various Linux commands
- Telnet to a router and issue configuration commands (commands for Cisco IOS, Junos, etc)
- Telnet to an http server port and issue test HTTP commands