Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#1

Post by bwasti » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 8:11 AM UTC

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#2

Post by qlk1123 » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:14 AM UTC

Very cool! It can become an engine for playing board game online, which don't have critical timing requirements. Is it also possible for tui-based MMO?

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#3

Post by tsukurimashou » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:35 AM UTC

Reminds me of SSHTron http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#4

Post by deevious » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:38 AM UTC

It doesn't seem to work with PuTTY, maybe its telnet defaults aren't what the code expects.

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#5

Post by mmwelt » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 10:11 AM UTC

"Too many connections!"

Seems overloaded... show's what happens when you expose a simple server to Show HN!

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#6

Post by perttir » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 10:49 AM UTC

Works but it is very slow.

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#7

Post by npo_ » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:14 AM UTC

tsukurimashou wrote: post #3

Reminds me of SSHTron http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/

Thanks for the blast from the past :)

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#8

Post by jedimastert » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:16 AM UTC

tsukurimashou wrote: post #3

Reminds me of SSHTron http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/

I'm getting "500 Internal Error"

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#9

Post by garaetjjte » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:18 AM UTC

tsukurimashou wrote: post #3

Reminds me of SSHTron http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/

Re: Show HN: Messing with Telnet

#10

Post by mftrhu » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:20 AM UTC

qlk1123 wrote: post #2

Very cool! It can become an engine for playing board game online, which don't have critical timing requirements. Is it also possible for tui-based MMO?

> tui-based MMO

As in, a MUD [1]? There are still a few around.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD