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1. chancitag · 1790783282 · focus · HN ↗

   Love SDF. They run some great services for members, like a mastodon instance and pixelfed.

   1. wrxd · 1790789609 · focus · HN ↗

      These are really cool services but to have a proper blast from the past you need to ssh in and join the chat on com or the discussions on bboard

      1. TedDoesntTalk · 1790801459 · focus · HN ↗

         ssh? Don’t you mean telnet?

         1. yjftsjthsd-h · 1790810086 · focus · HN ↗

            SSH is 30 years old; it's fine

            1. mulderc · 1790834656 · focus · HN ↗

               Telnet is just a better name though.

               1. yjftsjthsd-h · 1790841972 · focus · HN ↗

                  Is it? I don't get any intuitive connection from "telnet" to "shell access over the network", personally. Although, by the same token I would be open to reusing the rsh name; "remote shell" does seem obvious.

                  1. mulderc · 1790843786 · focus · HN ↗

                     Telnet sounds cooler.
                  2. TedDoesntTalk · 1790976403 · focus · HN ↗

                     Because telnet was not originally shell access over the network. It was a serial connection.

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