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yjftsjthsd-h
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SDF Public Access Unix System ... est. 1987
Is it? I don't get any intuitive connection from "telnet" to "shell access over the network", personally. Although, by the same token I
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be open to reusing the rsh name; "remote shell" does seem obvious.
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TedDoesntTalk
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Because telnet was not originally shell access over the network. It was a serial connection.
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mulderc
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Telnet sounds cooler.
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