Wirt clears up what was obviously a misunderstanding on
my part;  i.e.:

> I'm sure that disallowance is only true for *inbound*
> telnet, ftp, etc. If you can at the moment telnet from
> your PC into our machines (try it: telnet to
> 67.41.4.238), then you already have all the access
> you'll ever need.

Ah...  of course (<slap_forehead>)...  Somehow I was
thinking we would have to allow externally initiated
inbound TELNET...  Yes:  TELNET to above IP from my PC
works just fine;  and I can do a LISTF,2 on that 3000
and get the data back...  So Wirt is correct...

> While we could make all of this work using only the
> HTTP protocol (and I'm sure that you can view web pages
> unfettered from essentially all of your PCs now,

Yes; to the detriment of shop productivity in some cases..

>... it would be much simpler and much higher security
> for us to handle all licensing negotiations using
> telnet, thus that's what we'll push for. ...

As long as I can TELNET in to the remote machine from my
PC and other PCs at our site (which as per above clearly
works), that would be my preferred method too...

Ken Sletten

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