Re: tunneling nntp connection

[Peter Makholm <peter@makholm.net>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Step one: use SSH.  You don't want passwords bouncing around in the clear.

I use rsh (and curses a lot when I try running gnus from a hpux (where
rsh is restricted shell)) and that works too. It depends how secure
you inner network is.

> Step twp: use Netcat (nc).  It works like telnet except that it is totally
> clean and transparent.

Why nc instead of telnet? Any reasons except that it is a more minimal
solution to the problem (which is a quite good reason if you ask me)

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