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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet From: hugh@island.net.au (Hugh Blandford) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Difference between rlogin and telnet Date: 30 May 1997 11:50:28 GMT Organization: Island Internet Services Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <864993028.196308@reef.island.net.au> Reply-To: hugh@island.net.au (Hugh Blandford) NNTP-Posting-Host: reef.island.net.au X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Cache-Post-Path: reef.island.net.au!unknown@syd-dialup-01.island.net.au Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41877 Hi All, I am trying to understand the difference between rlogin and telnet. In the man pages it says that rlogin will be replaced by telnet but apart from that there does not appear to be much to differentiate them. Is there anyone who can shed some light on this for me? Is it a security issue etc? Thanks, Hugh.