telnet

Telnet is the older method of remote access. It is not secure and is not available in the lab. However, you may see references to it since it was widely used before ssh became popular. For example, it can be accessed from a web browser using the telnet protocol. The web address to use is of the form telnet://loginid@internetaddress. The following shows an example web address.

telnet://amit@onyx.boisestate.edu

However, the telnet protocol is highly insecure. The password typed in by the user is visible on the Internet as well as the anything typed in the sessions.