Quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
I've tried setting up a telnet server on my at home xp machine but I couldn't connect to it with telnet even on port 80. What port is telnet normally on?

Firstly, make sure you're using the right syntax for your telnet client to connect to numbered ports (some have trange syntax).

Secondly, if you do NOT specify a number, it should automatically use the telnet port.

Thirdly, NEVER USE TELNET. Not ever. Not even if your life depends upon it. There is *no* reason to use telnet for anything (OK, maybe there is in some really extreme cases - e.g. your client or server is a 286 with 64k of RAM and can't run SSH).

You *must* use SSH for everything, because if you don't then you are broadcasting (*) your username + password to everyone on the net. For windows, the standard SSH client is "putty" (it's free) and acts like a telnet client on steroids - it can do colours properly, it can save bookmarks to different servers, and has loads of fancy options if you ever want them, most of which you'll never need.

I'm not sure what the best options are for windows when setting up an SSH server...

(*) Not in the technical sense, but certainly any computer on your tracert / traceroute will have your username and password.

Eclipse is an excellent editor and I don't think you need to install it.
http://www.eclipse.org/