Telnet Problems!

Swenghk · 12-21-2009, 07:21 AM

Okay, when I try to telnet to anything it gives me some funky error message! When I try to connect to GMail to check my email (it's an assignment my dad gave me to help me learn TCP/IP), it tells me the connection was closed by a foreign host!:

Code:

seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$ telnet pop.gmail.com 995
Trying 74.125.155.109...
Connected to gmail-pop.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
user sethrobert94@gmail.com
Connection closed by foreign host.
seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$

I can't even telnet to localhost!:

Code:

seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$ telnet localhost
Trying ::1...
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$

Can you please help me mates? Any help would be appreciated! Cheers :]

ozanbaba · 12-21-2009, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swenghk

Okay, when I try to telnet to anything it gives me some funky error message! When I try to connect to GMail to check my email (it's an assignment my dad gave me to help me learn TCP/IP), it tells me the connection was closed by a foreign host!:

Code:

seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$ telnet pop.gmail.com 995
Trying 74.125.155.109...
Connected to gmail-pop.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
user sethrobert94@gmail.com
Connection closed by foreign host.
seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$

google does not allow plain text connections. it only allows encrypted connections.

Quote:

I can't even telnet to localhost!:

Code:

seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$ telnet localhost
Trying ::1...
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
seth@SETH-LAPTOP:~$

Can you please help me mates? Any help would be appreciated! Cheers :]

your telnet daemon does not work. it's always off by default as it is completely unsecure connection.

Swenghk · 12-21-2009, 07:34 AM

But I'm not learning it to complete some task. I'm learning it for the sake of learning it. So is there another way I can learn telnet and practice it? Is there a way around those things you mentioned?

repo · 12-21-2009, 07:36 AM

telnet to the pop server from your provider

Code:

telnet pop3.provider.com

ozanbaba · 12-21-2009, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swenghk

But I'm not learning it to complete some task. I'm learning it for the sake of learning it. So is there another way I can learn telnet and practice it? Is there a way around those things you mentioned?

check the telnet service on your distros documentation. there should be a way to start telnet daemon.

cola · 12-21-2009, 08:53 AM

Try ssh.