[plug] difference between rlogin and telnet?

[Jason Nicholls]

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:38:00AM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, McMeikan, Andrew wrote:
> 
> > I believe there may be some significance in telnet using TCP and rlogin
> > using UDP
> 
> Rlogin does not use UDP, it uses TCP.
> 
> live:~# grep login /etc/services 
> login           513/tcp

I think the bigger differences are with the design. Rlogin makes use of RPC
(remote procedure calls) while telnet is a more traditional client/server type
network program.


Later,

Jason Nicholls
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