Set up a Telnet Host on Your Computer

This is great if you need to access your computer from somewhere else.

Steps

  1. Download the telnet server software.
  2. Extract the files to somewhere on your computer. It should be somewhere that you can remember.
  3. Find "install.exe" and run it.
  4. Restart your computer.
  5. Now at your command prompt, you will be able to type "telnet your-IP-address" or "telnet your-hostname" to get access to your computer. If you type it properly, you will be asked for a login name and password.

Tips

  • Your computer must be turned on to telnet it.
  • If you are trying to access your computer but forgot the password, download a program called Brutus, which is an excellent program to bypass the login step.
  • If you want your computer to be for anybody, I suggest you create a guest account.
  • You can learn to customize the welcome message and other things by reading "readme.htm" that was in the zip file.

Warnings

  • Remember that this means anyone could just go and get into your computer if they knew your IP, username, and password.
  • Telnet is a plain-text protocol. Capturing the username and password on a network is trivial. Use SSH if you want to access your machine securely.

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