[ic] Setting up Interchange and basic commands for Linux/Perl

[Peter]

On 07/03/2009 08:57 AM, Scott Winterstein wrote:
> I have
> a program called putty i am using to get in. Cant I just use telnet to
> do the same thing? But when I try to telnet I get a failure?

I doubt you will find an ISP that allows you to use telnet to access
your shell account as telnet is inherently insecure, it sends your
username, password and any other sensitive data you may enter as plain
text.  By comparison SSH (which is what putty uses) sends everything
encrypted.


Peter