Desktop clients send email over Gmail using the simple mail transfer protocol. You can use the telnet program on your computer to connect to Gmail's SMTP server and verify the connection is working ...

Telnet or Teletype Network allows the user to connect to a remote computer using a CLI interface and grants them the privilege to control the system they are connected. However, we have encountered an ...

The telnet protocol allows you to access the command-line interface of another computer without ever leaving your desk. Before you can access the computer, you must ...

For all the bells and whistle added to Microsoft's Vista, the OS is the first internet-age Windows release to omit an important vestige of networking history -- Telnet, which turns 35 tomorrow. It was ...

Telnet is a network protocol that offers a command-line interface for Windows. Telnet is often used to communicate with other devices. In some cases, the protocol might be used for remote system ...

Adding an archaic utility like Telnet to a modern operating system like Windows 2000 may seem strange, but installing Telnet allows administrators to manage environments that include both Unix and ...

The latest online malware, dubbed Brickerbot, is particularly nasty, as it virtually destroys vulnerable devices. This new approach has led to a new term, PDoS, for Permanent Denial of Service. Hacked ...

Bad actor obtained passwords for servers, home routers, and smart devices by scanning internet for devices open to the Telnet port. A hacker has published a list of credentials for more than 515,000 ...

Attackers can drop malware, add the device to a botnet or send their own audio streams to compromised devices. Imperial Dabman IoT radios have a weak password vulnerability that could allow a remote ...

Way back in the 1980s and early 1990s, before the internet reigned supreme, many PC owners dialed up Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes), which were other PCs running special software that allowed users to ...