Telnet/X

The Mabry Software Telnet/X COM object and ActiveX control implement several client-side protocols that can connect to a remote character-based service and carry out various tasks. Supported protocols are: Telnet, RLogin (remote login), RExec (remote execution of one command), RSH (remote shell), and SSH (secured encrypted shell).

Telnet/X has implemented internal automation so you can make it fully scripted. Using the PromptString property, you can make it wait for a command prompt from the remote host. You can then issue a command, wait for the result of that command, examine the result, and then either issue new commands or just disconnect. And its all fully automated with an easy-to-use interface.

Or, if you need a manual chat with the remote server using terminal emulation, check out our samples and see how to make simple (or even advanced) applications that chat with remote servers at your request. Telnet/X supports automated logins, automated execution of commands, firing events for all needed situations. Of course, you can disable all of those options if you want raw information about the data that is transferred between your computer and a remote host.

Using SSH-1, you can be sure that your connection cannot be tampered with or examined by a 3rd person - and you do it just by changing one property value! For you, its fully transparent - use SSH or fallback to RSH if the server doesnt support SSH. Make Telnet/X worry about that for you.

And, if speed is a real concern for you, Telnet/X supports the Fast Notification Interface instead of events, if speed is a real concern for you.

Telnet/X is a component which allows you to connect to console-type remote servers. These servers usually run on UNIX based computers. Telnet/X can be used not only as a Telnet client, but also as an RSH (remote shell), REXEC (remote exec), RLogin (remote login) and SSH (secure shell).

Using Telnet/Xs friendly component interface, you can configure Telnet/X for different script-like programs. You can easily connect to a server, execute specific code, wait for results, and return. You can also implement different GUI based applications, such as Terminals and Remote administration programs. You can make Telnet/X work silently and execute several different programs at once, waiting for each one to finish. Using very little VB programming knowledge, you can easily interactively connect to a server, execute commands that you specify, receive the results, etc.

With SSH mode, Telnet/X will make a completely secure, private connection that is useful for different types of network sniffers and analyzers. All that is required on the server side is any type of service running the SSH1 protocol.