an82oAnalog Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 Hi, is it possible to connect to my free website via telnet?
Krydos Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 Telnet can actually be used on any port. You can troubleshoot all types of servers, such as http by using telnet on port 80. Telnet should never be used to transmit any kind of password or sensitive information though as it's ridiculously insecure.
wolstech Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 Doh, that's what I get for posting at 5am. It indeed does have uses here as a troubleshooting tool, though the immediate though jumps to SSH since many ask for shell access. Telnet can actually be used on any port. You can troubleshoot all types of servers, such as http by using telnet on port 80. Telnet should never be used to transmit any kind of password or sensitive information though as it's ridiculously insecure.Yeah, I've definitely used it with Stevie for SMTP/IMAP testing in the past. Laughably insecure indeed. It's just plain text transmissions and viewing of (raw) responses.
an82oAnalog Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 I would like to use telnet to test a HTTP request. Can i use putty for that? I am also wondering if the server disconnects automatically after one http request or if the connection is open until the client closes it?
an82oAnalog Posted September 14, 2016 Author Posted September 14, 2016 Could you tell me the when the server drops a tcp connection? How long does it take if nothing is sent?
wolstech Posted September 14, 2016 Posted September 14, 2016 I'm not sure on the official timeout setting, but probably within a minute. Most things on our servers are set to time out after a minute or so of inactivity to keep resource use down, so I'd expect the same. 1
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