Being someone who does the same as the writer of the below, I will note the "sftp" program, as an alternative to scp. It has a more interactive, FTP-ish interface. Luke On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Rafael Skodlar,,, wrote: > telnet and ftp are different animals and you cannot combine them into > one. But let's take care of the security first. Telnet and ftp are > terribly insecure outside little private networks. Since ssh or it's > cousin OpenSSH are free it makes no sense to use telnet on public > networks anymore. I use telnet only to test a port on remote server when > troubleshooting some services. It's good for connecting to mail server > on port 25 for example since you don't do anything with real passwords. > > Use ssh in place of telnet and scp in place of ftp. That way your > communication is encrypted all the way. It is possible to setup > authentication so that you do not need to type the password each time > you connect to the remote machine. I leave ssh connection open from work > to my home system over T-1 and DSL all day long. I also use a utility > screen which allows me to switch between numerous virtual terminals all > under single ssh session. > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 01:47:31PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Hello, > > i'm wondering if I have to log in twice to my Web server if I first do ftp > > to upload some files and then do telnet to make some onsite changes > > without disturbing the copies on my local system. > > I have a DSL connection? Can I safely leave telnet running for hours when > > i want to make occasional changes to the romote site? > > Thanks. > > John > > > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > >