--=-jM7CEMnCYfeuxW7OX38r Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That's exactly the problem. With packet loss and no error checking, that last c may be garbled and thus ignored by rm/bash. There's a reason SSH, telnet, http, etc are all on TCP and not UDP. On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 09:42, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 wasson@localhost.localdomain wrote: >=20 > > On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 06:48:59PM -0700, Entelin wrote: > > > Is there such a thing for linux as a UDP telnet ? I think it would be > > > useful for extremely unreliable connections such as a high altitude > > > weather balloon communicating over packet HAM radio. I dont want any > > > security, etc etc, just essentially a perpetual shell on udp. > > > > Yes, it is possible to do UDP telnet. I've done this using netcat. You = can > > also setup a nice insecure shell using netcat as a listener. >=20 > How do verify that the information sent and received is correct? >=20 > I wouldn't want to send across "rm fileabc" and have it delete "fileab", > for example. (Or visa versa: I may type something, but the echo back may > be different.) >=20 > Jeremy C. Reed > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ >=20 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-jM7CEMnCYfeuxW7OX38r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+4ip7/wbq/C6yyPcRAqBHAJ43ITEGdGhPwm8FNgxVWINZJoWgQwCglG4o UQYEU30HKx1QPU9cbTCF1rU= =I/Z2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-jM7CEMnCYfeuxW7OX38r--