In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:

> There has been traffic lately about switching to Telnet from NS/VT due to
> firewall configuration issues.  Besides concerns about the stability of
> Telnet, what are other advantages/disadvantages of NS/VT vs. Telnet?

Some firewalls don't know how to "proxy" (or allow pass-thru) of non-standard
services like NSVT (which operates on TCP port 1537 or 1570).

NS/VT will *usually* be a little more efficient than telnet, but the newest
telnet implementations make the difference small.

 -Chris (remove nospam) Bartram