Telnet-Client
Introduction
- This is an implementation of a telnet client in C
- Client is implemented using IO multiplexing (see
select()
system call)
Repository structure
src/
contains the source codesrc/telnet_client.c
contains the telnet client implementation
compile.sh
bash shell-script can be used to compile the client from source
Build
- First compile by
cd
-ing into the root of this repository and then running command./compile.sh
- Run
./bin/telnet_client.out <ip_address> <port_no>
to start the telnet client and connect to telnet server at IP addressip_address
, port numberport_no
Example Runs
- Using the following sample commands, you can connect to some interesting open servers and see the client in action
./bin/telnet_client.out towel.blinkenlights.nl 23
(Star Wars asciimation)./bin/telnet_client.out india.colorado.edu 13
(get the time)Hasans-MacBook-Pro:Telnet-Client hasankamal$ ./bin/telnet_client.out india.colorado.edu 13 connected successfully! 58680 19-07-16 13:24:15 50 0 0 442.0 UTC(NIST) * EOF reached, connection closed? Hasans-MacBook-Pro:Telnet-Client hasankamal$