Telnet Chat session in Linux!

[Scootersing]

Hi!

I wonder how you start a Telnet chat session in Linux.

I now that you type in "Telnet" and press enter, but what command do you write to start

a Chat session were i can invite my friends?

If u got a manual to do this, i would like to have it.

The session must be able to be acessed from the internet.

After watching Hackers2, i got affected by their chat system(Telnet) :D

Hope you can help!

Thankz in advance

Scootersing

[DaNIsH]

Telnet isn't a chat program, it's used to connect to PC's over the internet.

Sure you could connect to IRC/something with it, but there's no real point.

[Scootersing]

I now i could use some of the "original" chat programs, but i now it is possible to make a chat session

in telnet.

I have try to google for it with now good result.

It is fun to do something a bit diffrent then the rest also(instead of IRC, i mean)

Scootersing

[DaNIsH]

You can connect to a chat server. But as an actual chat program telnet isn't what you're looking for.

[DaNIsH]

http://www.jdkoftinoff.com/main/Articles/L...et_Chat_Server/

There's something you could run if you REALLY want to chat with telnet.

You/someone will have to run the server though, then whoever wants to chat can connect via any telnet client.

[dotRoot]

You can talk to other users in telnet. However its just pointless in this day and age. Also both Hackers movies don't portray any real information and if they were hackers using something like telnet, I'm sure it'd be SSH2 at least. ;)

[markwolfe Veteran]

Do a man talk and see if that little app will do the trick for you...

[Scootersing]

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  Do a man talk and see if that little app will do the trick for you...

What u mean by that! :huh:

I tryed to use the command but i only get this message:

man/talk: Servname not supported for ai_socktype

Any clues?

P.S: i want this to work on Both Linux and Windows!

Thankz for bothering by the way! :)

Scootersing

Edited October 12, 2004 by Scootersing

[markwolfe Veteran]

Well, here is a link to the talk man page:

http://nersp.cns.ufl.edu/~dicke3/nerspcs/talk.html

Sounds like a very basic 'chat' that might meet your needs.

[n3wt]

I don't think our friend here understands what "telnet" is.

The syntax for the command looks like this telnet address port # , with the port number being optional, and the command does one of two things.

Either:

A. It attempts to connect to the address specified on the default port 23, which is the telnet port, and, if there is a telnet server running on this box, you will be given remote access to this computer, as if you were sitting down right in front of it.

B. It attempts to connect to the address specified, on the port specified, in which case, you will be able to converse directly with the application associated with that port.

eg. You connect to port 80, you can now talk to the web server on this computer. (perhaps to request a web page)

or, You connect to port 25, you are now connected to the SMTP port

(maybe you want to send e-mail with a fake e-mail address...how fun)

Anyway, the point of this little exercise is.....there is no such thing as Telnet chat, you can connect to some kind of server USING telnet, but telnet itself doesn't actually do anything, what you want to do, is set up a linux box, running a telnet server (or SSH2 if you live in this decade) add a few users, and use the talk command as stated above. (write works too.)

[divinatum]

just use a irc server, something like zirc is good because it lets you get a VHost so your protected from someone discovering your IP. and then you get a small linux box like a p2, set it up with telnet/ssh2 and a few accounts effectively turning it into a shell. then install BitchX or IRSSI and then you can have a telnet chat, just on a irc server

[dotRoot]

  divinatum said:

just use a irc server, something like zirc is good because it lets you get a VHost so your protected from someone discovering your IP. and then you get a small linux box like a p2, set it up with telnet/ssh2 and a few accounts effectively turning it into a shell. then install BitchX or IRSSI and then you can have a telnet chat, just on a irc server

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If you set up a BNC any standard IRC client should do for vhosts.