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The BOFH Excuse Server
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telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl 666

o0110o · 2010-08-22 23:38:30 7
Show a zoomable world map

show a zoomable world map
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11

telnet mapscii.me

wuseman1 · 2022-10-15 13:15:17 527
Capture all plaintext passwords
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sudo tcpdump port http or port ftp or port smtp or port imap or port pop3 or port telnet -l -A | egrep -i -B5 'pass=|pwd=|log=|login=|user=|username=|pw=|passw=|passwd=|password=|pass:|user:|username:|password:|login:|pass |user '

wuseman1 · 2019-02-03 05:13:58 72
get bofh excuse from a trusted source :-)
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telnet bofh.jeffballard.us 666

bubo · 2010-01-08 18:08:39 10
Get a BOFH excuse

Almost same output with fewer typing... OP had a great idea : BOFH !!! Show Sample Output
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```
Evil dogs hypnotized the night shift
$>
```
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telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl 666 2>/dev/null |tail -2

snaguber · 2013-11-08 01:56:15 16
Get a BOFH excuse

Gets a BOFH excuse from the BOFH excuse server (towel.blinkenlights.nl port 666), and passes it through sed and tr to get rid of telnet connection stuff. Show Sample Output
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```
According to Microsoft, it's by design
```
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telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl 666 | sed "s/=== The BOFH Excuse Server ===//" | tr -d '\n' && echo

hintss · 2011-03-31 05:50:57 3
Scans for open ports using telnet
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HOST=127.0.0.1;for((port=1;port<=65535;++port)); do echo -en "$port ";if echo -en "open $HOST $port\nlogout\quit" | telnet 2>/dev/null | grep 'Connected to' > /dev/null; then echo -en "\n\nport $port/tcp is open\n\n";fi;done | grep open

chrisclymer · 2009-02-20 21:51:03 4
Disconnect telnet

You are stuck with testing a tcp port using telnet, and must kill the telnet session from another terminal... Or, press ctrl+5 and write close/quit to force the current connection to close.. Show Sample Output
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```
# telnet somehost 1234
#   ^c^c^z^x
#   # Still connected...
```
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telnet somehost 1234, <ctrl+5> close

xeor · 2010-04-05 12:10:21 30
Get Nyan'd

Get nyan'd Show Sample Output
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```
Run to see, not malicious
```
2

telnet miku.acm.uiuc.edu

chongopants · 2012-08-07 22:20:40 18
Have netcat listening on your ports and use telnet to test connection

This will start a netcat process listening on port 666. If you are able connect to your your server, netcat will receive the data being sent and spit it out to the screen (it may look like random garbage, so you might want to redirect it to a file).
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SERVER: nc -l p 666 CLIENT: telnet -l -p 666

Cowboy · 2009-08-14 17:01:57 5
Testing ftp server status

I must monitorize a couple of ftp servers every morning WITHOUT a port-scanner Instead of ftp'ing on 100 ftp servers manually to test their status I use this loop. It might be adaptable to other services, however it may require a 'logout' string instead of 'quit'. The file ftps.txt contains the full list of ftp servers to monitorize.
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for host in $(cat ftps.txt) ; do if echo -en "o $host 21\nquit\n" |telnet 2>/dev/null |grep -v 'Connected to' >/dev/null; then echo -en "FTP $host KO\n"; fi done

vlan7 · 2010-01-26 15:34:18 3
Get number of users on a minecraft server

I'm flat-out surprised that minecraft directory services require servers install multiple modifications to their server code, when the directories could fetch this information on their own. Show Sample Output
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```
users: 12/30
```
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(echo -e '\xfe'; sleep 1) |telnet -L $HOSTIP 25565 2>/dev/null |awk -F'\xa7' '$2 {print "users: "$2"/"$3;}'

Mozai · 2011-11-07 02:28:03 7
What is my ip?
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1

telnet v4address.com

unixmonkey39007 · 2012-08-22 19:54:27 7
bbs in utf8 console
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luit -encoding gbk telnet bbs.sysu.edu.cn

freestyler · 2009-07-09 08:51:21 4
Play Star Wars Episode IV in your terminal ;)
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0

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

tschundeee · 2010-12-08 18:11:34 177
Test against loopback address with the 0.0.0.0 default route.

Super fast way to ftp/telnet/netcat/ssh/ping your loopback address for testing. The default route 0.0.0.0 is simply reduced to 0. Show Sample Output
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```
$ ping 0
PING 0 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.497 ms

$ telnet 0 22
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0 (0.0.0.0).
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3
```
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telnet 0 <port>

somaddict · 2012-11-16 03:38:49 4
Epoch from time protocol port 37

Time protocol serves up seconds since 1900 in a 32 bit binary number. Show Sample Output
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```
1443004481
```
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telnet time.nist.gov 37 2>/dev/null |tail -1 | xxd | awk '{print $2 $3}'|tr -d '\n' | perl -nwe "print scalar(hex($1)-2208988800).\"\n\""

quesne · 2015-09-23 10:42:36 9
test connection if ICMP is disabled

Telnet will make a tcp connection to a remote ip/port to test connectivity. If it times out, it's not reaching the host (maybe the firewall is blocking it). If connection is refused, it's reaching the host, but either the service is not listening on that port, or it's locked. Show Sample Output
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```
$ telnet 127.0.0.1 80
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
```
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telnet <ip> <port>

leprasmurf · 2009-02-12 19:11:03 12

Connects to a telnet service monitoring Woot!

Gives you an updating woot! item tracker! Show Sample Output

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telnet zerocarbs.wooters.us

wickedcpj · 2010-06-26 05:50:48 4

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