From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27526 invoked by alias); 6 Apr 2012 04:44:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 27518 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Apr 2012 04:44:02 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:43:49 +0000 Received: from pool-98-110-186-28.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.186.28] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SG11Y-0006RV-JM for cygwin@cygwin.com; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:43:48 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1488C13C0BF for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2012 00:43:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX184ylQdqmJ7XRleVVBINYg5 Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:44:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: telnet to newsgroup Message-ID: <20120406044348.GA31115@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-04/txt/msg00211.txt.bz2 On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:35:33PM -0500, John wrote: >"Andrew DeFaria" wrote in message >news:jllkeo$sjk$1@dough.gmane.org... >> On 4/5/2012 4:40 PM, John wrote: >>> Okay, I substituted 563 for nntps in the command like this: >>> >>> gnutls-cli --insecure -p 563 news.gmane.org | grep 200 >>> >>> And it now works correctly. Exactly the same response from his linux >>> system >>> was returned in my cygwin environment: >>> >>> 200 news.gmane.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.5.1 ready (posting ok) >> Good. >>> Am I understanding that this is an encrypted Telnet connection to gmane's >>> news server? Is the reason for the option "--insecure" needed because >>> this is not an authenticated logon? Thanks. >> It's not a telnet connection. You're not using telnet! You're using >> gnutls-cli, which is not telnet. > >Fair enough, I like clarity too. More precisely I could say that it is a >secure form of telnet-like communication, similar to OpenSSL or Putty, >perhaps. What do you think? I think you should stick to just describing what you're trying to do. You're trying to connect to gmane on port 563 using gnutls-cli. Adding telnet or telnet-like doesn't clarify anything. >How could I determine whether the cygwin version >of it is making use of the latest version of GnuTLS, as shown here: > >https://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ man cygcheck List the modules on your system and note the version number. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple