Witch Hostname for telnet??

You can telnet to any port on any host, then you need to know the procedure or protocol to initiate a session and get information.

What are you talking about? Please be more specific.

Ok man, You just opened up all kinds of opportunities for people to flame the living hell out of you. But seeing as how I just woke up and I haven't even had a cup of coffee yet, I'm gonna be nice.

Soooo, which hostname for telnet eh?

That depends. First of all, what telnet client are you using? I suggest either the built in windows client (start-->run-->cmd-->telnet) or a little program I like called Putty . For now I'm gonna assume that you are using the command line telnet. If you're not you should be able to figure out what is going on enough to figure out what you are looking for.

For the command line telnet, you enter something like this:

c:\> telnet hostname

Which I'm sure you've seen, and is the exact reason you are here asking this question. So here is what they mean by hostname, either te hostname of the computer, or the IP address. So you can do this:

c:\> telnet 127.0.0.1

or you can do this:

c:\> telnet localhost

And both of those will try to connect to your own computer. But say you wanted to connect to microsoft:

c:\> telnet www.microsoft.com

or, use the ip for microsoft

c:\> telnet 207.46.134.222

You should read the telnet help too, like this:

c:\> telnet /?

I hope that made sense to you, and I hope it was what you were asking for that matter. Your question really didn't make a lot of sense. And it's "which" not "witch". A Witch is an ugly old crone who flies around on a broomstick at halloween

Infinite

kickfoot is back...

hehe it seems like he's back yes ?8)

And a suggestion.... read other topics about telnet before you ask such a question then you would know that there is alot of abilities with that question...

And a question from my side... what may be the prob if i fail to connect to my local host?

Simple. You don't have a telnet sever running for it to connect to.

Infinite

rofl... The server you're connecting to has to be running some sort of daemon capable of communication with telnet... Such as TelnetD, i think MS has a telnet daemon...

If it won't connect to your local host then you're not running a daemon capable of communications with telnet (at least one you can read).

OK......thax......this helped me allot.....jupp Alien I'm back :p

Sorry but i have read that i have to use "whois.networksolutions.com"......but what is this whois??

www.networksultions.com sells domain names. They offer whois services on there site at:
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
Whois is a directory service that gives you information about domains, ie: who it's registered to, the location of the server, and contact info among other things.

example:
sinbox:/ # whois undergroundnews.com

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: UNDERGROUNDNEWS.COM
Registrar: DOTSTER, INC.
Whois Server: whois.dotster.com
Referral URL: http://www.dotster.com/help/whois
Name Server: NS7A.HOSTNUKE.NET
Name Server: NS7B.HOSTNUKE.NET
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 18-oct-2002
Creation Date: 14-jan-1998
Expiration Date: 13-jan-2004


>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 05:41:07 EST <<<

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
Registrars.


Found crsnic referral to whois.dotster.com.


The data contained in the WHOIS database, while
believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is",
with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This
information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you
in obtaining information about domain name registration records.
Any use of this data for any other purpose, including, but not
limited to, allowing or making possible dissemination or
collection of this data in part or in its entirety for any
purpose, such as the transmission of unsolicited advertising and
solicitations, is expressly forbidden without the prior written
permission of this company. By submitting an inquiry, you agree
to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty.
Please limit your queries to 10 per minute and one connection.

Registrant:
Gizmo Lay
PO BOX 22236
Portland, OR 97269
US

Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: UNDERGROUNDNEWS.COM
Created on: 14-JAN-98
Expires on: 13-JAN-04
Last Updated on: 04-NOV-02

Administrative Contact:
Lay, Gizmo [email protected]
UGN Security
PO BOX 22236
Portland, OR 97269
US
503.***.****
503.***.****

Technical Contact:
Lay, Gizmo [email protected]
UGN Security
PO BOX 22236
Portland, OR 97269
US
503.***.****
503.***.****


Domain servers in listed order:
NS7A.HOSTNUKE.NET
NS7B.HOSTNUKE.NET

End of Whois Information

that is the whois of the domain undergroundnews.com. I dunno what that has to do with telnet...