Telnet with Windows 3.1

[Ed Cherry]

On Thu, 13 Feb 1997 17:27:39 -0800 Christopher Adams 
<chris at sparkie.osl.state.or.us> wrote:

> Some of the remote links on our web server require telnet and I am trying 
> to find a good telnet program that will open in FRONT of the web browser 
> window and will not time out after about 10-15 seconds. 

In my experience, this "shy window syndrome" is the fault of 
older versions of Netscape and the creator of the html, not the 
telnet app itself. If the URL reads something like:  

telnet://userid:password@somewhere.edu

Netscape v. 2 and older will launch the telnet app, then seize 
control to tell the user how to log into the session.  The 
telnet window is now beneath Netscape.  I just tried this with 
Netscape 3.0 (and win95), and the telnet app appears after the 
login advice. Unfortunately, now the telnet window hides the 
Netscape "login as" dialog box.  I think previous versions of 
Netscape will behave badly as Christopher described if a userid 
or password is included in the URL.

My advice:  don't include usernames and/or passwords in URLs.  
Tell the users how to log in on the referring page.
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